Geir Árnason | 1973-Allir í bátana

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1973-Allir í bátana

Photos from Geir Árnasyni

Geir first went to the islands for rescue work and later as a student with Þorleif Einarsson

1. Roof damaged by volcanic ash

The crater

3. Standing on the lava

4. The lava takes it all ( house getting under lava)

5.Blátindur

The lava has begun to press on the house Blátindur

6. Blátindur

The lava won the battle ,the house Blátindur had to give in

7. The battle with the lava

Bulldozer at work , creating defense wall

8. Grafarholt

The house Grafarholt here is closest to us, but the lava stopped next to that house

9. Seen from the ocean

10. Cooling the lava with seawater

11. Flakkarinn ( the rover) is almost in place

The wanderer is the part of Eldfell that came loose and floated on top of the lava, people were afraid that it would then go all the way to the sea and close the harbor

12. Flakkarinn

The wanderer is the part of Eldfell that came loose and floated on top of the lava, people were afraid that it would then go all the way to the sea and close the harbor

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