Icelandic volcano Bardarbunga causes hundreds of tremors, but offers fantastic photographs

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows a plane flying over the Bardarbunga volcano spewing lava and smoke in southeast Iceland.

The Bardarbunga volcano system has been rocked by hundreds of tremors daily since mid-August, prompting fears the volcano could explode. Bardarbunga, at 2,000 metres, is Iceland’s second-highest peak and is located under Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajoekull.

Activity surrounding the volcano has been happening since mid-August, creating fears that Bardarbunga might cloud the skies and disrupt air travel much like another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, did in 2010. So far, the 2014 eruption of Bardarbunga has not done so.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows lava flowing out of the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows the Bardarbunga volcano spewing lava and smoke in southeast Iceland.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows lava flowing out of the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows a plane flying over the Bardarbunga volcano spewing lava and smoke in southeast Iceland.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows the Bardarbunga volcano spewing lava and smoke in southeast Iceland.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows fire and smoke rising from the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows lava and smoke flowing out of the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland.

BERNARD MERIC/AFP/Getty ImagesAn aerial picture taken on September 14, 2014 shows fire and smoke rising from the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland.