So I didn’t even know this was possible: a volcano began erupting beneath a glacier in southern Iceland this weekend, creating a surreal-looking, 800-meter-long gash in the ice. More than 600 nearby residents were evacuated yesterday as a precaution. It’s the first volcano eruption in Iceland since 2004, and the first one in this region of the country in the past two centuries.
(h/t inothernews)
Darth Vader conducts the Icelandic Orchestra, is summoned back on stage in true rock star fashion.
Icelandic Town Made into a Sound Speaker System
For one of their latest advertisements, Sony and Fallon/London have partnered to transform the Icelandic town, Seydisfjordur, into a giant sound speaker system. A short film, titled Soundville, and number of commercials/teasers were produced to document the town’s transformation. Seydisfjordur was chosen due to its modest population of roughly 800 people and lack of traffic – meaning more of a pure acoustic space. No actors were used in the film, so the viewer gets to really see how the town’s residents reacted to sounds and echoes generated through the pervasive sound system.
(via PSFK)
