Breathtaking footage taken from a plane shows the Grindavik volcano erupting in Iceland on February 8.

Lava could be seen flowing from the volcano as the aircraft descended into the country to land at the Reykjavik airport.

Breathtaking footage taken from a plane shows the Grindavik volcano erupting in Iceland on February 8.
Lava could be seen flowing from the volcano as the aircraft descended into the country to land at the Reykjavik airport.
Footage filmed by Hamish Duncan from a flight from Edinburgh to Reykjavik shows the dramatic scene , Hamish tells Pupils were all amazed, truly epic experience to see .

Hamish is a geography teacher from Dalkeith high school. On a geography field trip with 32 pupils