A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending a flash of light into the evening sky and spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of the Earth’s power in the land known for fire and ice.
The eruption Monday night appears to have occurred about four kilometers (2 1/2 miles) from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.
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