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@ellionthego.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 8:59 PM

Milky turquoise meets steely blue. Víti’s crater lake and neighbouring Öskjuvatn, a vast caldera lake in Iceland’s volcanic highlands (see ALT for info).
#Iceland 🇮🇸 #Askja #Víti
#Öskjuvatn #Hálendið 🌋
#landscapephotography
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#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOforOpaque
#WaterWednesday

Two contrasting lakes in the volcanic landscape of Askja, in Iceland’s remote central highlands. In the foreground, Víti’s opaque, pale turquoise water fills a steep-sided crater. Its barren slopes are streaked with ochre, rust red and yellow, with exposed layers of jagged rock. A narrow ribbon of water descends through a cleft on the left. Tiny hikers on the crater rim give a sense of scale.

Beyond the rim stretches the much larger Öskjuvatn, its steel-blue surface beneath a wall of dark mountains patched with snow. Low cloud veils their upper slopes. The soft, milky colour of Víti contrasts with the cool blue of the distant lake and the warm earth tones of the crater.

Both lakes owe their origins to Askja’s powerful eruptions in 1875. Víti, whose name means “hell” in Icelandic, is an explosion crater formed when magma came into contact with water, triggering a violent steam-driven blast. Today, it holds geothermally warmed water, usually above 20°C. The mud on the crater floor can be much hotter. Beside it, Öskjuvatn fills a much larger depression created as the ground subsided above a magma chamber depleted by the eruptions. Water gradually filled this newly formed caldera, creating the vast lake seen beyond Víti’s rim.
@volcano.linkOct 13, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Akyarlar volcano (Turkey): 3 quakes M1.0-1.7
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 2 quakes M0.2-0.8
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 12 quakes M1.3-3.3
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 4 quakes M0.3-1.0
#Baru volcano (Panama): 3 quakes M3.1-3.5
#Barva volcano (Costa Rica): 1 quake M2.4...

@volcano.linkOct 12, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Agua volcano (Guatemala): 1 quake M1.3
#Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M1.0
#Aniakchak volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M1.6
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 2 quakes M0.5-1.0
#Augustine volcano (Cook Inlet (SW Alaska)): 1 quake M1.9
...

@volcano.linkOct 11, 2026, 6:20 PM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Agua volcano (Guatemala): 9 quakes M0.9-2.0
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 16 quakes M0.0-2.1
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 8 quakes M1.4-2.7
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 11 quakes M0.0-0.8
#Baru volcano (Panama): 3 quakes M2.2-2.7
#Barva volcano (Costa Rica): 2 quakes M2....

@volcano.linkOct 11, 2026, 2:50 PM

#Quakes at #volcanoes past 24h: #Agua, #Askja, #Balut, #Baru, #Clear Lake, #Coso
#Eldey, #Etna, #Flores, #Hekla, #Hrómundartindur, #Kalatungan, #Katla, #Kilauea, #Lipari, #Loihi, #Maroa, #Maunaloa, #Norikura, #Numazawa, #Pelée, #Prestahnukur, #Ruapehu, #Sarik-Gajah, #Sousaki, #Svartsengi, #Tene...

@volcano.linkOct 11, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Acatenango volcano (Guatemala): 1 quake M1.4
#Agua volcano (Guatemala): 8 quakes M1.0-2.0
#Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M2.0
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 11 quakes M0.0-2.1
#Babuyan Claro volcano (North of Luzon): 1 quake M2.5
#Bal...

@volcano.linkOct 10, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Apaneca Range volcano (El Salvador): 1 quake M1.8
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 1 quake M0.5
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 10 quakes M1.4-2.6
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 14 quakes M0.1-0.8
#Baru volcano (Panama): 9 quakes M2.2-4.8
#Buzzard Creek volcano (Eastern Alaska):...

@volcano.linkOct 9, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Askja volcano (Iceland): 3 quakes M0.1-1.3
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 22 quakes M1.5-4.7
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 2 quakes M0.3-1.0
#Brennisteinsfjöll volcano (Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland): 2 quakes M1.0-1.4
#Bulusan volcano (Luzon Island): 1 quake M2.0
#Buzz...

@volcano.linkOct 8, 2026, 6:20 PM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 2 quakes M0.9-1.4
#Apaneca Range volcano (El Salvador): 1 quake M1.8
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 6 quakes M0.1-1.3
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 16 quakes M1.5-4.7
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 2 quakes M0.3-1....

@volcano.linkOct 8, 2026, 2:50 PM

#Quakes at #volcanoes past 24h: #Apaneca Range, #Askja, #Balut, #Bardarbunga, #Brennisteinsfjöll, #Campi Flegrei (Phlegrean Fields)
#Chingo, #Clear Lake, #Esjufjöll, #Etna, #Flores, #Grímsnes, #Huambo, #Katla, #Kilauea, #Kolumbo, #La Palma, #Martin, #Maunaloa, #Mayotte Island, #Nisyros, #Numaz...

@volcano.linkOct 8, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 2 quakes M0.9-1.4
#Apaneca Range volcano (El Salvador): 2 quakes M1.7-1.8
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 3 quakes M0.1-0.9
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 6 quakes M1.5-2.6
#Brennisteinsfjöll volcano (Reykjanes Penin...

@volcano.linkOct 7, 2026, 6:20 PM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Askja volcano (Iceland): 3 quakes M0.1-0.9
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 8 quakes M1.6-2.6
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 3 quakes M0.2-0.9
#Brennisteinsfjöll volcano (Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland): 2 quakes M0.3-0.5
#Campi Flegrei (Phlegrean Fields) volcano (Italy): 6...

@volcano.linkOct 7, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Akutan volcano (Aleutian Islands): 1 quake M1.0
#Apaneca Range volcano (El Salvador): 1 quake M1.4
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 10 quakes M0.0-0.9
#Augustine volcano (Cook Inlet (SW Alaska)): 1 quake M1.5
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 10 quakes M1.5-2.5
#Bardarbunga volcano...

@volcano.linkOct 6, 2026, 6:20 PM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Apaneca Range volcano (El Salvador): 4 quakes M0.9-1.4
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 7 quakes M0.1-0.9
#Augustine volcano (Cook Inlet (SW Alaska)): 1 quake M1.5
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 11 quakes M1.5-2.1
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 24 quakes M0.0-1.9
#Biliran volca...

@volcano.linkOct 6, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Apaneca Range volcano (El Salvador): 1 quake M1.1
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 2 quakes M0.2-0.5
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 12 quakes M1.4-2.7
#Bardarbunga volcano (Iceland): 24 quakes M0.0-2.2
#Buzzard Creek volcano (Eastern Alaska): 1 quake M1.3
#Campi Flegrei (Phlegre...

@volcano.linkOct 5, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M1.6
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 2 quakes M0.1-0.5
#Awu volcano (Sulawesi & Sangihe Islands): 1 quake M3.4
#Babuyan Claro volcano (North of Luzon): 2 quakes M1.7-2.6
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 7 quakes...

@volcano.linkOct 4, 2026, 6:20 PM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Agua volcano (Guatemala): 1 quake M0.9
#Aniakchak volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M2.2
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 5 quakes M0.1-1.4
#Babuyan Claro volcano (North of Luzon): 2 quakes M1.7-2.6
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 10 quakes M1.6-2.7
#Bardarbunga volcano (Icelan...

@volcano.linkOct 4, 2026, 2:50 PM

#Quakes at #volcanoes past 24h: #Askja, #Balut, #Bardarbunga, #Brennisteinsfjöll, #Clear Lake, #Colima
#Cuilapa-Barbarena, #Eyafjallajökull, #Flores, #Grímsnes, #Katla, #Kerlingarfjöll, #Kilauea, #Kolbeinsey Ridge, #Kolumbo, #Krísuvík, #Kverkfjöll, #Ljósufjöll, #Loihi, #Loki-Fögrufjöll...

@volcano.linkOct 4, 2026, 8:20 AM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M1.4
#Aniakchak volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M2.2
#Apoyeque volcano (Nicaragua): 1 quake M2.0
#Ararat volcano (Turkey): 1 quake M2.0
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 5 quakes M0.1-1.4
#Balut volcano ...

@volcano.linkOct 3, 2026, 6:20 PM

Quakes at #volcanoes today: #Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W volcano (Alaska Peninsula): 1 quake M1.4
#Apoyeque volcano (Nicaragua): 2 quakes M2.0-2.4
#Ararat volcano (Turkey): 1 quake M2.0
#Askja volcano (Iceland): 4 quakes M0.0-1.7
#Balut volcano (Mindanao): 9 quakes M1.7-2.4
#Bardarbunga volc...

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