Lava in a cold climate: Icelanders rush to get wed at volcano site

The quiet' eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula lets scientists, the public and even marrying couples enjoy the spectacle close up

It was not the wedding they planned when they got engaged in 2017. But for Sumarlii and Jon, their ceremony in front of neon orange lava erupting from a volcano in Iceland was weird, gorgeous and terrifying all at the same time".

The grooms hiked for more than two hours through snow and wind to reach the spot on the Reykjanes peninsula. I thought I might freeze to death at my own wedding," Sumarlii told the Observer.