The eruption, which began on 22 August following a series of earthquakes, continues to pull in the crowds with people coming to Iceland from abroad in the hope of snapping the perfect Instagram picture.
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00:00Sharp glass needles that are created in volcanic eruptions have started falling on communities
00:07across the Reykjanes Peninsula as a volcano in southwest Iceland continues to erupt.
00:14The Icelandic Meteorological Agency said jets from the latest eruption have been particularly
00:19high and that's spread the so-called witch's hair over a wide area.
00:24The Iceland Review travel website says as it's essentially fiberglass, witch's hair
00:28shouldn't be touched with bare hands.
00:31The eruption, which began on August 22 following a series of earthquakes, continues to pull
00:37in international visitors to Iceland.
00:40This is the sixth time the volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula has erupted since December.
00:46Authorities say the eruption's effects remain localized with road closures but don't threaten
00:52the population.
00:53Iceland, which sits above a volcanic hotspot in the North Atlantic, averages one eruption
00:58every four to five years.
01:01The most disruptive in recent times was the 2010 eruption, which sent clouds of ash into
01:06the atmosphere and disrupted air travel for months.