July 27, 2025 Eldfell is on the far left of the town of Heimaey. The rocky outcrop at the left of the harbor was form by the lava from the eruption. Notice how if they had not stopped the lava flow, it could have completely blocked the harbor. In 1973, Heimaey fought a gripping battle with the Eldfell (Hill of Fire) volcano. It caught the people of Heimaey by surprise as the local volcano Helgafell had long been dormant. However, that fateful night in January, a new fissure

July 26, 2025 Today we said farewell to Reykjavik as we began our Northwest Passage cruise on Seabourn Venture. We sailed around the Reykjanes Peninsula where the volcano is erupting, but it was still light out and overcast and the peninsula was quite far away, so no lava was seen. Although Brent and I had no luck seeing the volcano, our Image Master photographer, Max Unterharnscheidt had been to the Blue Lagoon area where the volcano was erupting and got some truly amazing p

July 25, 2025 Today, we walked in the opposite direction to explore downtown Reykjavik. Here I am in front of the hotel (the Exeter) before we began our walk. Our first stop was the Settlement House. They built this unique museum atop the excavation of an early Viking settlement in Reykjavik. After learning the history of the early Vikings, we then traveled forward in time to see Reykjavik's growth throughout the years. After the Settlement House, we made our way to Iceland'

July 24, 2025 We had intended to start the day with a helicopter tour of the erupting volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula. However, it was too windy and our flight was canceled. Instead we explored the Old Harbor area near our hotel. We kept with the volcano mindset and began with the Lava Show, a unique experience where they heat up real lava to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. It flows down a tube and the experts demonstrate its different properties. The man in the silver suit heat

July 23, 2025 Our plane flight to Reykjavik on Icelandair was without incident. Our seats were spacious and service was friendly. We had some lovely views as we flew over Greenland. We had to wait a bit for our taxi to the Exeter hotel. We had been hoping to see the volcano erupting, but there was no lava flow when we drove by. It was dying down, although there were still stops and starts to it. We could see the steam caused by the heat though. While we waited for our hotel