The most astonishing videos of Iceland’s incredible – and beautiful – volcanic eruption: Stunning footage shows rivers of magma and flame-filled skies

Astonishing videos show the full scale of the spectacular volcanic eruption in Iceland, with molten lava spewing into the sky from fissures in the ground. 

The eruption began around 2.4 miles north of the town of Grindavik at around 10.17pm on Monday at the Sundhjuka crater on the Reykjanes peninsula.

Stunning footage shows rivers of magma flowing over the land and flame-filled skies in a spectacular show of Earth’s power in the land known for fire and ice. 

Live-streamed footage of the eruption showed glowing orange jets of lava spewing from a fissure in the ground, surrounded by billowing clouds of red smoke. 

The Norwegian Meteorological Agency estimated that 100 to 200 cubic meters of lava is spewing out per second, which is ‘many times more than in previous eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula in recent years.’