Icelandic lava tubes
Few pictures of Icelandic lava tubes.
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Raufarhólshellir lava tube cave in the Leitahraun lava field.
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Entrance of Leitahraun (in March 2011) lava tube cave in the Leitahraun lava field.
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Jörundur lava tube in the Lambahrauni.
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Arnaker lava tube.
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Jörundur lava tube in the Lambahrauni.
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Ferlir lava tube, in the Hvammahraun.
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Jörundur lava tube in the Lambahrauni.
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Búri lava tube, in the Leitahraun.
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Jörundur lava tube in the Lambahrauni.
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Búri lava tube, in the Leitahraun.
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Búri lava tube, in the Leitahraun.
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Arnahellir lava tube.
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Gullborgarhellir lava tube, in the Snaefellsnes Peninsula
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Jörundur lava tube in the Lambahrauni.
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Vídgelmir lava tube in the Hallmundarhraun.
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Matstjarnan lava tube.
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Ferlir lava tube, in the Hvammahraun.
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Raufarhólshellir lava tube cave in Leitahraun lava field.
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Raufarhólshellir lava tube cave in Leitahraun lava field.
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Jörundur lava tube in the Lambahrauni.
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Arnahellir lava tube.
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Arnaker lava tube.
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Búri lava tube, in the Leitahraun.
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Jörundur lava tube in the Lambahrauni.
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Pit crater of Búri lava tube. South Iceland. Picture taken from the top of the pit crater (17 metres deep, a vertical pit made from a lava fall).
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Búri lava tube, in the Leitahraun.
We published some papers related to the icelandic lava tubes in French, Spanish and Italian:
1) Detay M. — Volcanospéologie en Islande, perspectives scientifiques et émergence du géotourisme, in LAVE, revue de l’association de volcanologie européenne, 148, Janvier 2011, 18-31 (2011). (French)
You can get the paper here
3) Detay M., Hroarsson B. — Túneles de lava, in Investigacion y Ciencia, septiembre 2011, 420 62-67 (2011). (Spanish) here
4) Detay M., Hroarsson B. — Les tunnels de lave, in Pour la Science, 399, 56-61, (2011). (French) You can access the paper here
5) Detay M., Gilli E., Gilli P., Hroarsson B. — Volcanospéologie en Islande. Spelunca 146, 19-28 (2017). You can access the paper here
We also published a book on Iceland with some pictures of lava tubes and a book on volcanoes also with some picture of lava tubes:
A) Detay M., Detay A.-M. — Islande - splendeurs et colères d’une île. Belin Ed. 208 p. (2010). ISBN 978-2-7011-5762-7 here
B) Detay M., Detay A.-M. — Volcans - de feu et d'eau. Belin Ed. (2013). ISBN 978-2-7011-7561-4 here
C) Detay M. – Traité de volcanologie physique. Lavoisier Tech et Doc Ed. (2017). here