Part of the Leirhnjúkur lava field (looking towards Krafla) in the Krafla volcanic area near Mývatn, Iceland.

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"Krafla is a volcanic caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone, in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region which is situated on the Iceland Hotspot atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the divergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate. Its highest peak reaches up to 818 m and it is 2 km in depth. There have been 29 reported eruptions in recorded history. " Wikipedia info

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Location: Krafla volcanic area near Myvatn, Iceland
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: area, field, iceland, krafla, lava, leirhnjukur, leirhnjúkur, myvatn, volcanic, ývatn