On the night of November 20-21, a new volcanic eruption awakened the Reykjanes peninsula. This was the seventh eruption in the region in the space of a year. The lava engulfed some roads, the parking lot at the Blue Lagoon tourist site and a building used to store visitors' luggage.

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Wednesday night, November 20, marking its seventh eruption since last December. The eruption occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula, sending molten lava flowing toward the Blue Lagoon spa,

Iceland's seismic monitors say the eruption created a fissure around 3 kilometers, but they estimated the eruption was considerably smaller than the previous eruption in August.