The torn island Europe and the United States are 10 seconds walk, 50 years or divided into two islands, everything is possible
China has built the longest bridge in the world (Dankunt Bridge, 1,641,000 kilometers long), however, the bridge with the largest span is measured in terms of continents. Unlike the boundaries between Europe and Asia, the borders between Europe and the United States are basically in the sea. So, a bridge connecting Europe and the United States is an almost impossible task, and it is incredible that Iceland claims to build the largest bridge in the world.
When people think of Iceland, they think of the snow and ice of the Arctic Circle, the romantic and beautiful aurora borealis, but they forget that there is a geothermal spring in this country that every family can enjoy. So, why are there so many geothermal hot springs in Iceland? Iceland is a good thing for some, but not for Icelanders, because Iceland is located in the middle of the Atlantic, at the junction of the two continents of Europe and the United States, it has a constant supply of springs.
No one can accurately estimate exactly when this huge crack will appear, but Icelanders remember that at least 500 cases occur every week**, especially in North America, south of Iceland, where the distance it travels is increasing by 2 per year5cm。The northern part of Iceland, on the other hand, is a volcanic belt that forms two types of Iceland, one "live" and the other "tectonically moving". That is, in a few years, Iceland will be "torn apart" in half, and it is difficult to say how long it will take, some people think that one hundred and fifty years, and many more think that fifty years is enough.
After almost 200 years, one of the 30 active volcanoes in South Iceland erupted again, forcing nearly a thousand Icelanders to leave. Another larger volcano erupted in 2011, which spewed a huge amount of ash into the air at an altitude of 20 kilometers, forcing European and American airlines to ground their flights. Since that date, the dive area has been listed as the world's only transcontinental dive area, with a daily limit of 60 people, and is known as the cleanest place in the world, especially below 20 meters.
On the opposite side of this chasm is an island of volcanic ash and low-silica magma, the only remaining "land" on this island. When the Icelanders built a stretchable bridge over the crack, they made a rather "funny" claim that it was the only bridge in the world that connected Europe and the Americas, and it was also the longest bridge in the world.
In fact, it has been around for more than 30 years, and after the original wooden bridge was destroyed in the big **, the Icelanders rebuilt a steel bridge that could shrink at will under heavy pressure. Theoretically speaking, the time to cross the continents of Europe and the United States is actually about 10 seconds.
At the same time, the Icelanders also built their own parking spaces next to the bridges and hung road signs on the bridges, and these bridges built in the rift valley are called "lucky bridges" because in 50 years, there is a high chance that a large volcano will tear a rift valley apart.
Note: Despite the North Atlantic Current, the temperature in Iceland is not very high, but there is a big difference between the north and south of Iceland, with temperatures reaching as high as 11-17 degrees Celsius at Lucky Bridge and less than 5 degrees Celsius in the diving area.