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Iceland gay couple marries in front of active volcano
Observer that it was “weird, gorgeous and terrifying all at the same time,” with Sumarliði adding that he “thought I might freeze to death at my own wedding.”The couple hiked in full winter gear, before changing into their suits in a pop-up tent at the site of the volcano, where they exchanged rings and vows, popped champagne, and ate cake.“It was beyond perfect, a day we’ll never forget,” Sumarliði said.Deemed a “very quiet” eruption by Thorvaldur Thordarson, professor of volcanology at the University of Iceland, the Reykjanes peninsula volcano is “very approachable, people can get reasonably close and still be safe.”As such, Sumarliði and Jón deemed it a suitable backdrop for their ceremony after the volcano started to erupt last month,
