The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxThousands of tourists flocked to a volcano in Iceland which erupted for the first time in 6,000 years – to take incredibly dangerous selfies .The visitors gathered around Mount Fagradalsfjall in Geldingadalur near the capital Reykjavik, to watch in amazement as lava spewed from its cracks.The spectacular site was captured in a series of photos and video footage recorded by the onlookers who described the event as ‘breath-taking.’In the first eruption of its kind in the peninsula for 781 years, lava began gushing out of cracks in the volcano on March 19.Thousands of small earthquakes in the area - situated southwest of Reykjavík.-.
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