On the night of November 20-21, a new volcanic eruption awakened the Reykjanes peninsula. This was the seventh eruption in the region in the space of a year. The lava engulfed some roads, the parking lot at the Blue Lagoon tourist site and a building used to store visitors' luggage.

The popular travel destination Blue Lagoon in Iceland has been closed and evacuated Thursday after another volcanic eruption sent lava flowing over the facility’s parking lot and destroyed at least one service building,

People staying at the world famous Blue Lagoon spa in Iceland have been evacuated following the sudden and unexpected eruption of a volcano for the seventh time in a year

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon thermal spa has been forced to close as lava from a fresh volcanic eruption reached its car park. The Icelandic Met Office confirmed that lava has never flowed this in the southwest of the country. The eruption began late on Wednesday, creating a 3km-wide fissure, with lava flowing at a rate of 100 metres per hour.

Known as Reykjanes for its position on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the volcano is classified as a rift activity volcano, which erupts when two diverging tectonic plates shift away from each other. The Reykjanes Peninsula is a part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge,

Once again, Iceland's fiery landscape captures global attention as the Reykjanes Peninsula experiences its tenth volcanic eruption in just three years. The eruption began late Wednesday night, lighting up the skies with plumes of molten lava visible from Reykjavik,