Watch Iceland's volcanic eruption from SPACE: Dramatic satellite photo shows lava seeping into frozen landscape
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Residents on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula have faced even more destruction over the past week as they were facing the third volcanic eruption since December.
Now a satellite image reveals the true scale of the latest eruption.
The image was taken by the European Union's SENTINEL-2 Copernicus satellite just 10 hours after the February 8 eruption. p>
It shows how lava quickly seeped into the frozen landscape, traveling up to 2.8 miles west and destroying pipelines that supplied water hot water 20,000 people.
It also shows how close the lava came to hitting the vital Svartsengi power plant.
Residents on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula have faced even more destruction over the past week as they were facing the third volcanic eruption since December.
Now a satellite image reveals the true scale of the latest eruption.
The image was taken by the European Union's SENTINEL-2 Copernicus satellite just 10 hours after the February 8 eruption. p>
It shows how lava quickly seeped into the frozen landscape, traveling up to 2.8 miles west and destroying pipelines that supplied water hot water 20,000 people.
It also shows how close the lava came to hitting the vital Svartsengi power plant.
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