Lava from the Laki eruption of 1783-84 near Kirkjubaejarklaustur is covered by cushion-shaped moss. A small willow is growing in a wind-protected depr

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Lava from the Laki eruption of 1783-84 near Kirkjubaejarklaustur is covered by cushion-shaped moss. A small willow is growing in a wind-protected depression in the foreground. The eruption of the Laki fissure lead to famine and a massive death toll in Iceland and had severe effects on the weather of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Keywords: -, catastrophe, climate, eruption, fissure, flow, geological, geology, iceland, kirkjubaejarklaustur, laki, lava, moss, volcanic, volcano, willow