Hooked on volcanoes? Tourists vie to catch Iceland's eruptions


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  • Saturday, 30 Dec 2023

FILE PHOTO: People gather to observe the eruption of the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii, U.S. December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

LONDON/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - As the glowing river of lava from a volcano that erupted last week in Iceland ebbed, not everyone was happy.

Hazel Lane, a 49-year-old dental practice manager in London, had booked a ticket to Reykjavik as soon as she saw footage of the eruption on television, hoping to witness spectacular lava flows beneath molten red skies.

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