SCP-173, also known as The Sculpture, is a creature from The SCP Foundation, a fictional organization that works to keep anomalous objects, places, and creatures secret from the rest of the world. SCP-173 is an animate statue made of concrete and rebar, painted with spray paint.
Iceland Volcano Sending Gases Throughout Region. Foul-smelling gases from a volcanic eruption in Iceland are pestering the region, reaching Norway and Finland more than a thousand kilometers away.In photos chosen Tuesday by Wall Street Journal editors, a giant rabbit visits Taiwan, Iceland's volcano simmers, an Atlantic City casino is shut down, and more.edEx, DHL and UPS are closely monitoring Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano for signs that they need to enact contingency plans. The 2010 eruption of another volcano in Iceland closed European airspace for nearly a week and caused disruption to operations.
The map also shows Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, the Thingvellir area, and the locations of some of Iceland's active volcanoes (red triangles), including Krafla. The consequences of plate movement are easy to see around Krafla Volcano, in the northeastern part of Iceland. Here, existing ground cracks have widened and new ones appear every few months. From 1975 to 1984, numerous episodes of rifting (surface cracking) took place along the Krafla fissure zone.