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The world’s northernmost capital city, Reykjavik, Iceland, resides on geologically young land. The island’s location on the mid-Atlantic ridge where the American and Eurasian continental plates are pulling apart means that it experiences frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, but the same geothermal activity meets the inhabitants&rsquoe; energy needs by providing them with hot-water-powered home heating.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
Published May 6, 2007 Data acquired May 11, 2002