Photos: The lava at the parking lot of the Blue Lagoon

Lava is now flowing right next to the parking lot of the Blue Lagoon and will probably cross the lot shortly. However, it is not believed that the lava will enter the defense wall, reservoir, or the power plant in Svartsengi.

Heavy-duty machines have been used during the night and morning to close the gaps in the defense walls at the Bláalónsvegur Road and then at the parking lots at the Blue Lagoon, where you could walk to the lagoon.

Arnar Smári Þorvarðarson, one of the supervisors of the fortification construction in Reykjanes, says in an interview with mbl.is that the gap at Bláalónsvegur Road has been closed and the final touches are being put on closing the other gap. He says he is confident that it will succeed before it comes to it. "I think we'll get it done so that it doesn't threaten inside," he says.

As you can see in the pictures, which were taken just before noon, the lava is right next to the car park. You can also see that a stream of water flows out from under the wall by the parking lot. Asked if he thinks there is a risk of steam explosions because of this, he says that such a thing can happen, but experience shows that there is a greater chance that the water will just immediately evaporate into steam.