Man sends drone over erupting volcano; what it captures will blow your mind!

A video of a volcano eruption near the Fagradalsfjall mountain in Iceland has gone viral on social media. The stunning visual was captured by a drone which was sent by a drone photographer, Bjorn Steinbekk to capture the rare scene.

The Fagradalsfjall volcano is situated around 40 kilometers west of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik. The volcano erupted on March 19 and due to the eruption the red lava spewing out of the ground and a no-fly zone was also established in the area.

According to the Iceland Meteorological Office (IMO), the eruption began at 08:45 pm GMT on March 19 after thousands of small earthquakes hit the area in a few recent weeks.

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Despite, no-fly zone, Bjorn Steinbekk took advantage and sent his drone extremely close to the mountain where the red hot lava was oozing out slowly. The drone of Steinbekk captured the spine-chilling moment that you might not have seen before.

He uploaded the video on Twitter and captioned it as, “Seems like my video went full throttle! More on my YouTube channel”

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Surprisingly, the drone of Bjorn Steinbekk was also in good condition and no scratch was found on it.

Steinbekk also told DP Review, “To be honest, I simply decided to give it full power and see what would happen. Worst case I would lose a drone, best case, get this amazing footage.”

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