The Lava Show, Iceland's latest tourist attraction, uses reheated lava from a real eruption of the island's Katla volcano more than 100 years ago
Hundreds of thousands of curious onlookers have flocked to watch the hypnotising jets of lava at Iceland's Mount Fagradalsfjall after two eruptions over the last year just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Reykjavik. Image: Jeremie Richard / AFP
In a dark auditorium in Reykjavik, bubbling orange lava flows down a slide to within inches of awe-struck visitors.
The flow, contained on both sides by black sand, lights up the room like a sunrise.
This is the Lava Show, Iceland's latest tourist attraction, that uses reheated lava from a real eruption of the island's Katla volcano more than 100 years ago.
The heat emanating from the molten rock is tangible, so much so that some of the spectators shuffle in their seats to remove their coats.
"This is the show where you get to experience real molten lava flowing inside of a building, intentionally," the Lava Show's Scottish host Iain MacKinnon joked.