The evidence of Iceland’s volcanic past and present are all around us.
Bubbling mud pools and steaming hot springs show just how much heat is in the rocks beneath our feet.
The mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the tectonic plates of Europe and North America are pulling apart, runs through the Reykjanes peninsula.
But there had been no volcanic activity here for eight centuries – until the Fagradalsfjall eruption in 2021.
Two more, relatively small, eruptions have followed. But there is much more magma building up in the rocks this time.
And some scientists believe this could be the start of a new era of volcanic activity in southwest Iceland.