Askja

Haraldur Orri Björnsson

Máté Osvald

Askja

Location

Askja, the volcano

• Askja is a volcano north of Vatnajökull.• Askja is the Icelandic word for caldera.• The name describes the volcano very well.• Not considered a active volcano until it erupted in 1875.• The eruption in 1875 distributed a lot of ash over east of

Iceland and a lot of people moved to America in the years after the eruption.

• No eruptions have been documented from settlement until it erupted in 1875.

• Scientists have discovered that Askja consists of three calderas on top of each other.

Volcanic activity in Askja

• Askja and the system Askja is a part of was very active from the end of last ice age.

• Activity was very high until 2900 years ago.• Lower activity until 1875.• A few eruptions since 1875.• Seismic activity has been increasing in last few

years.• Might be indicating that something is going to

happen soon.

Astronauts

• Astronauts from the Apollo missions came to Iceland to exercise.

• 9 out of 12 people who have walked on the moon came to Iceland to exercise.

• Iceland is a good springboard for those who want to go to the moon.

• NASA thought that the landscape in Iceland was the most moonlike landscape on earth.

• The astronauts practiced collecting samples and developed skill in recognizing geological structures.