<p>People stand silhouetted as lava spurts from <a id="c-nl" title="Iceland" href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/iceland-guide/">Iceland</a>'s Eyjafjallajökull (pronounced AY-uh-full-ay-ho-kul) <a id="bc73" title="volcano" href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile/">volcano</a> on March 30, 2010—part of the ongoing eruption that started on March 21. (See <a id="nbzv" title="pictures of the Iceland volcano eruption" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/photogalleries/100322-iceland-volcano-eruption-eyjafjallajokull-pictures/">more pictures of the Iceland volcano eruption</a>.) <br><br>Bursting to life after 190 years, the glacier-capped volcano has drawn swarms of tourists eager to witness proof of <a id="ioqy" title="Iceland's reputation as the land of fire and ice" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Iceland#Land o Fire and Ice">Iceland's reputation as the land of fire and ice</a>. Police estimate that more than 25,000 onlookers have visited Eyjafjallajökull since the volcano started erupting, according to the Reuters news service.<br><br>But tourists and residents still have reason to be wary: On Wednesday officials reported that the Iceland volcano eruption had opened a new fissure about 980 feet (300 meters) long that's spewing lava. Geologists think the new vent means that volcanic activity will start appearing farther north, endangering a wildlife reserve that's a popular tourist attraction, Reuters reported.</p>