A newly built defence wall is seen around the landmark thermal sea water bath, the Blue Lagoon and the power plant Svartsengi near Grindavik, on December 21, 2023, left is the lava bed from the latest eruption above the evacuated town in western Iceland. Icelandic authorities are near to finnish building protective walls around the geothermal power plant in the country's southwest to protect it from lava flows, as officials hope to protect the Svartsengi plant. A volcanic eruption began on Monday night in Iceland, south of the capital Reykjavik, following an earthquake swarm, Iceland's Meteorological Office reported. (Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP)