Thrihnukagigur: The Volcanic That You Can Discover From Inside

Thrihnukagigur volcano, situated about 30km from Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, has become the newest experience travel and leisure location, because it is the only inactive volcano that allows frequent accessibility its magma stage. In most situations, when a volcano erupts, the magma stage is loaded with lava which consequently calme down and solidifies, preventing the entry. But at Thrihnukagigur, it is considered the lava hard through the surfaces or simply drained back to the depth of the earth. The magma stage stayed revealed and unchanged, creating this a different trend to Thrihnukagigur.

The volcano last exploded some 4,000 years ago, making an starting of roughly 4×4 metres across, resulting in a bottle-shaped volcanic container. The magma stage is about 120m strong and actions 50x70m at the end. An Icelandic tourist operator now provides inquisitive adventurists a opportunity to understand more about this historical volcano within out.

A bag that maintains 5–6 people and linked with a motorised hoist is reduced through the crater starting. The 120 gauge nice requires about 7 to 8 moments. Once within, guests can invest up to an hour in the magma stage itself, during which they can see wonderful colourations on the stone surface and amazing at its tremendous dimension. The floor area is comparative to almost three full-sized basketball legal courts placed next to each other and the dimension is such that it would quickly fit full-sized Statue of Liberty into the stage.

The trip is start only during the summertime, given that the conditions within the volcano is always 6°C (43°F), which could make it rather challenging to check out in the winter seasons. The next trip has been verified on Fifteenth May, 2013.

The concept of creating Thrihnukagigur volcano available came from Árni B. Stefánsson, a physician in Reykjavik and a long term cavern fanatic. He has been learning caverns in Iceland since 1954, and was the first to come down down the Thrihnukagigur, in 1974.

Árni demands that the maintenance of caverns and volcanic containers is not about making them be. It´s rather about creating sure that organic amazing things like Thrihnukagigur are handled with proper care and regard – and created available in the right way."Firstly this project is about preservation, then exploration, and finally education," Arni told The Guardian in an interview.. "It's not about volcanology, really. It's about the aesthetic … It's about beauty."