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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

13.Looking over Urðavegur
Houses that did go under lava , the Skálholt nursing home and the factory is melting capelinin the other end of the harbor

14. Looking at the crater

15. The lava could be colorful

16. Lava and volcano ash

17. View over the town from lava

18. Looking over Austurvegur

19. The lava cooled by seawater

20. Looking south on Heimagata

21. Looking over Austurvegur

22. The east part of town coverd by volcanic ashes

23. Water flow
This is the cooling water flowing back from the lava

24. Part of the harbor
Here you can see on Básakersbryggja (left site )the pumps that pumped the sea into the lava to stop its flow

25. Fiskiðjusundið
There, the lava has reached the fish factorys , Fiskiðjan and Ísfélag
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