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Iceland’s Caldera of Hot Springs

An unusual type of lava erupted beneath ice to form many of the otherworldly geological features within Torfajökull.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Mike Taylor and Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 16, 2018
Data acquired September 20, 2014

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Terra > ASTER