Stunning photos: Close-up capturing Iceland's erupting volcano

Jon Gustafsson/AP

Smoke plumes from the Grimsvotn volcano on Saturday, May 21. Grimsvotn volcano lies under the Vatnajokull glacier, about 120 miles east of the capital, Rejkjavik, which began erupting Saturday for the first time since 2004.

Photographer Jon Gustafsson captured this powerful image of the Grimsvotn volcano erupting on Saturday. 

Gustafsson writes: " It took us 90 minutes to fly to Grimsvotn with a strong wind against us. The eruption looked magnificent in the sunset. We got there ...



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