Aerial of Surtsey Island, Iceland
Surtsey is a volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland which was formed in a volcanic eruption 130 metres below sea level, and reached the surface on 14 November 1963. The eruption lasted until 5 June 1967. The undersea vents that produced Surtsey are part of the Vestmannaeyjar (Westmann Isles) submarine volcanic system, part of the fissure of the sea floor called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Higher resolution images available from rth@arctic-images.com (there is a licensing fee depending on the use).
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Ragnar Sigurdsson (arctic-images.com) (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
485.9 KB
Aspect
4:3
Width
1200 px
Height
900 px
Exposure
35 mm f/6.8 1/500 s ISO 100
Coordinates
63.3030, -20.6047
Tint
Blackish blue
Submitted
10 January 2010
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