If it's bright, you can see it from space

 

"Seeing something from space" isn't what it used to be, considering there are instruments in space that can see things less than a meter long.  And there are instruments in space that detect anything that emits light: oil flares, fishing boats, street lights, wildfires, etc.

So it shouldn't be a surprise that the bright glow of a volcanic eruption in Iceland, even a small one, can be seen by a satellite instrument in space.

But it is still fun to see.

Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland

I'll have a post about this eruption later, because it is quite fun. Maybe not if you're a local losing sleep because of all the earthquakes that led up to it, but it is definitely a spectator-friendly event.

It's pretty obvious from this image that there aren't a lot of other bright lights in Iceland.