Going to the world 丨 The world is so hot?Icelanders "hot" out of happiness happiness

The red high temperature warning and repeated historical value, Europe may have encountered the worst drought in 500 years, the European and American forests have risen, and the temperature of the Arctic Circle has soared to 32.5 degrees Celsius ... This summer, the full screen is the extreme event of heat waves, entering 8 In the month, Iceland, which has always been "cold", also came to make a fun -the Fergradal volcano located in the southwest of Iceland, erupted again!

Icelandic photographers took the Fergladal volcano, which took more than 6,000 years of magma spitting screen (photography/ HöRður Kristleifsson) during the volcanic eruption, and erupted for the first time from March to September 2021, and then entered dormant. This year's eruption point is very close to the volcanic eruption point last year, only about 25 kilometers from the Icelandic capital Reykjaikk. According to officials released by Iceland, the new eruption starts from August 3, and the amount of magma eruption is about 5-10 times last year. The intuitive understanding is that this year's volcanic eruption is more spectacular than last year, and the height of the volcanic magma eruption can reach 70 meters.

According to the statistics of the Iceland's tourism department, about 23,000 tourists have been hiking along the rugged mountain road for a few hours to Fergradal to watch the volcanic eruption from a safe distance, because many people think that such a rare opportunity may only have a lifetime. once".

Many tourists went to the "Onlookers" Fergradal volcano. The volcano has been erupting since August 3, and lava has flowed out of the volcano (picture source/network)

Extreme Circle Fire Island

As the name suggests, the reason why Iceland is named "Ice" is related to the cold temperature climate of the Arctic Circle and the area of ​​the 1/8 territory across the country. Between hundreds of meters and 2000 meters, it is the third largest glacier in the world except Antarctic and Greenland. In the past two months, when the world was tortured by the hot summer heat, the temperature of Iceland was only about 10 ° C, and the natural air conditioner was cool.

As the second largest island in Europe, Iceland is lonely on the Atlantic ridge. It is just located at the junction of the Asian Europe and the Americas. This unique geographical location determines that the surface of Iceland is closer to the hot magma inside the earth than other places, and the junction between the sectors is usually a very frequent area of ​​volcanic activities. Therefore, Iceland is also known as "ice and fire and fire and fire. Island ".

The dark mountains grow green moss. Such desolate scenery is very common in Iceland (photography/Lin Weisheng)

When it comes to the volcano of Iceland, it has to be nearly 240 years ago, the lattice eruption that occurred like a doomsday in the southern Iceland, it was considered the largest lava eruption on the planet ever. For 42 billion tons of magma, a large amount of volcanic ash and sulfur smoke produced by it had a bad impact on the climate and environment of the northern hemisphere, causing the global temperature to decline sharply, which in turn affects the production of agriculture and animal husbandry. The great famine of human death, Iceland itself lost 21%of the population, becoming one of the largest natural disasters in human history.

The ice rivers of the Jegut Salon Ice River with its own fairy, they come from Watna Icefield, and the Lagan volcano (photography/Feng Zesheng) next to the ice field is the "infamous" Raki volcano (photography/Feng Zesheng). After all, Iceland, which is lonely on the Atlantic ridge, is born on the volcano -there are more than 200 volcanoes on the whole island, of which 40 or fifty are still "alive". The entire Iceland is almost a large volcano. I can’t worry about it, and Iceland is like a dense population in Japan that is not in Japan, which is not located in the same venue. It is only more than 300,000 people across the country. It is the country with the smallest population density in Europe. The influence of volcanic eruption on national life is generally smaller, but it has become a selling point to attract tourists.

The tourists next to the Highway 1 of No. 1 can take a rest point to watch the volcano in the dormant

Binghuo Journey

Iceland in Iceland in "Binghuo Two Sky" is the most interesting is volcano, waterfalls, and glaciers, and the best way is to rent a car to play along the only road around the island -Highway 1.

Highway 1 with a total length of more than 1,300 kilometers is hailed as the most beautiful road in the world. Along the way, the fantasy and desolate mountains, magnificent glaciers, magnificent waterfalls, clear and quiet lakes, strange and lingering mossoga, and also You can see many dormant volcanic, volcanic landforms, and geothermal fountains. It can be said that those strange geomorphic things that are like alien planets are both a deterrent scene and a good place to enhance geographical knowledge.

Straw Hao Mountain is said to be the peak of the most photographed by Iceland. Fans of the American drama "Game of Thrones" will recognize that it is the "Arrow Mountain" in the play (the source/Iceland Tourism Bureau). Take adventure to watch. Although the Icelandic government will warn every time, the gas sprayed from the ground is potentially dangerous to people, how can it be seen in a trip to see the volcanic eruption in a trip. It is "biased towards volcanic".

Fortunately, now with the technical blessing of drones, we can also see many amazing volcanic eruptions and molten stretching pictures through their lenses, including the following photos, and won the 2021 Iceland news photography Award. In the picture, the flowing lava lived on the earth and outlined a picture of Nirvana Phoenix. Iceland's 2021 News Photography Award -winning work "Volcano Erurs" (Photography/Vilhjálmur Gunnarson)

Unlike the extreme "playing" as above, there are still many choices of playing "heat" in Iceland.

Iceland has a rich geothermal resources and is the country with the largest number of hot springs in the world. There are about 250 alkaline hot springs in the island. In addition, the average temperature of Iceland summer is only 10-15 degrees Celsius, so it is very suitable for hot springs throughout the year.

The milk -like blue lake hot spring is located on a magnificent black lava. Its water source comes from a geothermal power plant (photography/Zhang Ying) in the blue lake hot spring bath in the extraordinarily refined, full -eye Tiffany blue lake hot spring bath and rich rich. The diatom mud of minerals should be applied to the face. When the journey is tired, it is still a great experience. The premise is that you have to take out tickets worth thousands of yuan, but you have to book in advance for this price because There are too many tourists who come to check in. If you touch the door temporarily, you ca n’t enter the door if you have money. The tourism industry is the largest industry in Iceland. The output value accounts for 29%of the total domestic output value. The peripheral products and brands developed by volcanic "high -cold" Icelanders are so drumming!

There are many black sand beaches (photography/Zhang Ying) formed by volcanic stone formed by volcanic stone into energy

Walking in the vast field of Iceland, if you see a strange white smoke in the distance, don't be surprised, it is usually the geothermal feelings with you.

The special geological structure makes Iceland's underground hot flow, and geothermal resources are endless (photography/Heben)

Geothermal is not only one of the oldest resources in the world, but also a renewable clean energy. In the area of ​​100,000 square kilometers of Iceland, the glacier accounts for 1/8, and it is only 300 kilometers away from the Arctic circle. This living environment has early forced Icelanders into a good player for geothermal resources.

Since the 1960s, Icelanders have been committed to geothermal power generation. Now its annual power generation of geothermal energy can reach 7.2 billion kWh, which has contributed 27%of the country's electricity (the rest is basically hydropower), which is equivalent to saving 2 people every year. Ton oil. The successful use of geothermal is expected to make Iceland the first country in the future to become the world's first country to promote clean energy and not be restrained by oil to promote national economic development.

Iceland has rich water energy resources, hydropower+geothermal power generation, and its power system has achieved completely renewable energy power generation (photography/Heben)

For surplus power, Icelanders also plan to sell them to other European countries by laying submarine cables.

Although affected by the warm current of Mexico, the temperature in Iceland's winter is milder than other areas of the same latitude, but if there is no geothermal, Icelanders will still be unable to settle the cold winter. At present, 90%of Iceland's families have geothermal heating all year round, and hot water at any time when opening the water pipe. In winter, they even "luxury" to melted the snow on their own parking lots and streets with hot water ...

The northern Iceland is close to the Arctic Circle, and the snowfields in winter are iced.

In addition to power generation and indoor heating, Icelanders also use geothermal geothermal places where they are all possible.

Almost the whole country of Iceland is based on volcanic rocks, and most of the land cannot be reclaimed. Since 1924, Iceland has been trying to build geothermal green greenhouses and develop ecological agriculture. At present, tomatoes and cucumbers produced in green greenhouses across the country can meet 70%of domestic domestic 70% Market demand; in addition to planting vegetables and fruits, Icelanders even use geothermal water to raise fish ...

The most important thing is that the rich geothermal resources make the price of Iceland's winter heating very low. Today, when the global energy shortage and oil prices are soaring, Icelanders are still living and idle.

The global happiness index in 2022, Iceland ranked third, second only to Finland and Denmark, which belong to Nordic

It is conceivable that after the Europeans cut off the imports of natural gas and coal from Russia, in the upcoming winter, the leaders were called to wash less, do not wash or "only wash four parts". You can continue to enjoy a warm and fast hot bath.

By next year, this country ranked third in the world's third happiness index this year, will it take another step forward?

After the volcanic eruption, the volcanic rock was cooled quickly, leaving many shocking columnar landscapes for Iceland (photography/Zhang Ying)

Reyk Jaca's glittering Harpa Concert Hall and Cultural Center, the design style introduces the elements of cylindrical rational (photography/Lin Weisheng)

Designing the avant -garde Halglins Cathedral, known for its huge tube piano with 5255 sound tubes. The columnar festival also designed inspiration to the artist (photography/Li Wenyi)

The Halglins Cathedral is 74.5 meters high and is particularly conspicuous in Reykjavik's urban skyline (photography/Lin Weisheng)

Source 丨 Yangcheng Evening News · Yangcheng School

Written article 丨 Su Biqing

Picture 丨 Su Biqing (except for the signature)

Responsible editor 丨 Lin Liai

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