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In reply to the discussion: Icelandic eye candy, raw video [View all]

tornado34jh

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1. There is a reason Iceland is called the Land of Fire and Ice
Thu May 30, 2024, 05:22 PM
May 2024

It sits right between two tectonic plates moving away from each other. At Thingvellir (or Þingvellir in Icelandic) National Park, it's one of the very few places you can actually stand on/between two tectonic plates. Of course, it's also a volcanically active country, so eruptions are not unheard of (look up the 1973 eruption on the island of Heimaey for a good example).

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