Sunday marked six months since the volcanic eruption currently mesmerizing spectators near Reykjavik first began, making it the longest eruption Iceland has witnessed in more than 50 years. The first lava began spewing out of a fissure close to Mount Fagradalsfjall on the evening of March 19 on the Reykjanes Peninsula to the southwest of Reykjavik. And the ensuing spectacle – ranging from just a slow trickle of lava at times to more dramatic geyser-like spurts of rocks and stones at others – has become a major tourist attraction, drawing 300,000 visitors so far, according to the Iceland Tourist Board.