Over the course of six months, a native Icelandic photographer has captured breathtaking footage of the longest volcanic eruption of the 21st century to date. The volcano eruption began on March 19 in the Geldingadalir valley of the Fagradalsfjall mountain on southwest Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula. In mid-September, it became the longest-running volcanic eruption of the century, overtaking a 2014 eruption in Holuhraun lasting 180 days, according to RÚV. “It’s amazing to capture the forces of nature and experience how small and powerless you are next to it,” photographer Hermann Helguson, 31, told The Epoch Times. “My first trip to Geldingadalir was one day after the eruption started. I have visited the eruption site regularly, over 15 times since then.” Helguson, who lives in Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik, has also visited Geldingadalir twice as a tour guide. He claims his most notable trip was with his mother, in June. “The …