‘People were running drones over steaming lava vents – it was ridiculous’

A tourist takes a lava selfie on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland – Sophia Groves/Getty Walking through a charred landscape, steam streaming from the horizon into a lifeless sky, I could have found myself in a dystopian nightmare. Darkness, rubble, sulphurous gases: not exactly the triumvirate of sun, sea and sand that determines most people’s holiday … Read more

Addicted to volcanoes? Tourists compete for Iceland’s eruptions

By Joanna Plucinska and Krisztina Than LONDON/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – When the glowing river of lava from a volcano that erupted in Iceland last week subsided, not everyone was happy. Hazel Lane, a 49-year-old dental practice manager in London, had booked a ticket to Reykjavik as soon as she saw footage of the eruption on television, … Read more