Reporting from Iceland here (65°42'N, 16°48'W)! Unfortunately this is my last stop on this superb trip. Kath and I joined this awesome tour group here and have been biking, hiking, swimming and learning! The leaders of this group taught us about divergent boundaries. A divergent boundary is when two plates move away from each other. Specifically, the North American and Eurasian plates are moving away from each other and form something called a rift valley. Magma rises up through these cracks. These actions obviously create many volcanoes.A location within Iceland named Krafla has had 29 eruptions, the most recent one occurring in 1984. Earthquakes occur here in Iceland as well, the most recent activity being in 1973 with a gigantic magnitude of 7.1!
It is so sad to part the world of traveling but Kathyyyy and I are heading back home to beloved Seattle.
-Miss. Leah
Beautiful pair of sisters... at least we are having the time of our lives!
This is an animated photo of how a divergent boundary works. http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/tectonics/movements.html
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