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The Iceland Volcano Thread

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    #332
    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    maquiladora wrote: »
    Eyjafjallajökull is looking very active now...

    Yes, I've been looking at the webcams occasionally all day and it's spewing out the most ash and smoke now.


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    #333
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    My aunt in north east Antrim (who is on high land) reckons that she can see the contrails of all these planes heading into Glasgow and she can see as far as girvan area!!


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    #334
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    and i know someone who lives in coleraine and he can see the whole way to iceland!!! and america!!!! and scotland!!!!


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    #335
    thudd
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭thudd


    What i think is the plume itself is clearly visible right by where the sun just set. So the South West?? I'm out by Tallaght. Looks cool


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    #336
    John mac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭John mac


    I just saw the sun crashing!


    (only the second aircraft to pass today)


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    #337
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Live right now.....

    23m1kqf.jpg

    vovjhl.jpg

    Spectacular.


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    #338
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    thetonynator wrote: »
    and i know someone who lives in coleraine and he can see the whole way to iceland!!! and america!!!! and scotland!!!!

    Oh don't be so thran since when did I say I could see iceland


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    #339
    Squeaksoutloud
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Squeaksoutloud


    thudd wrote: »
    What i think is the plume itself is clearly visible right by where the sun just set. So the South West?? I'm out by Tallaght. Looks cool

    Yes there was a really funny looking formation near where the sun set...though I had it at north west...couldnt have been the plume though??! Also saw a plane landing at the airport about 8.15pm coming from the west..must look it up as cant be many.


    Ha just looked it up...a flight from Malaga. One of the 3 flights arriving tonight.


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    #340
    LookingFor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    Not sure if old, but the IAA has reimposed restrictions on Shannon, Cork, Waterford etc. because of the risk area re-encroaching on the south coast.

    http://www.iaa.ie/index.jsp?p=93&n=96&a=864
    Mr Philip Hughes, Director of Technology, Irish Aviation Authority, said "The indications are that the ash cloud will present a serious risk to flights in and out of Cork, Waterford and Kerry Airports and Shannon Airport to a lesser degree. As a result we have no alternative but to impose these restrictions until further notice.

    Irish Airports and Irish Airspace, with the exception of a block off the south coast, have been operating without restrictions since 10am this morning. However, airlines were unable to capitalise on this arrangement because of the severe restrictions in UK and European airspace.

    The UK NATS has again extended the airspace closure over England and Wales till 1pm tomorrow.


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    #341
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    John mac wrote: »
    I just saw the sun crashing!


    (only the second aircraft to pass today)

    Great shots :) Saw only 2 myself today; the sky is usually awash with them.


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    #342
    Min
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,550 ✭✭✭Min


    I had an unusual amount of dust on my car today.

    Gerry Murphy.....when snow is falling he gives a forecast of rain.....


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    #343
    pp_me
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭pp_me


    http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

    alot of activity now


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    #344
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    pp_me wrote: »
    http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

    alot of activity now

    It's still quare bright up there!


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    #345
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    It's still quare bright up there!

    Not for long http://www.daylightmap.com/index.php


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    #346
    John mac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭John mac


    Just a little off topic but have you looked out at the Moon and Venus ?


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    #347
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    John mac wrote: »
    Just a little off topic but have you looked out at the Moon and Venus ?

    Yes isn't it class you can actually see the part of the moon which is in a shadow! The moon is keeping it bright enough here for a blue tint in the sky and you can still make out kintyre!! Don't see Venus though weres it??


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    #348
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Looks like the eruption intensity has calmed down a bit in the last few minutes. It was really belching it out a little earlier.


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    #349
    Darwin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,659 ✭✭✭Darwin


    You may have spoken too soon! A fresh eruption is taking place now


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    #350
    Deep Easterly
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    Darwin wrote: »
    You may have spoken too soon! A fresh eruption is taking place now

    Quite a big surge now alright. I think upper winds are increasing a little as well above the volcano.


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    #351
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Darwin wrote: »
    You may have spoken too soon! A fresh eruption is taking place now

    Should see some great colours reflecting off it as the sun sets.


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    #352
    LookingFor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    Pics have been posted in After Hours of what's claimed to be the plume visible from western Ireland:

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=111051&d=1271451328

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=111053&d=1271451508

    (photos from kpatrick)

    It sure looks a bit suspect...if it's not the plume it's doing a good job of looking like one.


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    #353
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    Ok!! What just happened I went to look at the moon there now and it ain't there did it move?


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    #354
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    LookingFor wrote: »
    Pics have been posted in After Hours of what's claimed to be the plume visible from western Ireland:

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=111051&d=1271451328

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=111053&d=1271451508

    (photos from kpatrick)

    It sure looks a bit suspect...if it's not the plume it's doing a good job of looking like one.

    The sky was very much like that this evening even here, but nothing out of the ordinary at all under these hazy conditions. If there was a bit of cloud it would have been a spectacular sunset.

    Edit: Big surge now on the cam http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/


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    #355
    blank_screen
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭blank_screen


    dark ash erupting at the moment... http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos


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    #356
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,060 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    "looking for"-nice shots of a contrail there,that aircraft flewover Castlebar around 7.55pm,contrail was there for ages drifting slightly southwards.where was the location of the photos?had to been Westport or somewhere like that?


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    #357
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    owenc wrote: »
    Ok!! What just happened I went to look at the moon there now and it ain't there did it move?


    Cloud maybe???


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    #358
    Squeaksoutloud
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Squeaksoutloud


    LookingFor wrote: »
    Pics have been posted in After Hours of what's claimed to be the plume visible from western Ireland:

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=111051&d=1271451328

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=111053&d=1271451508

    (photos from kpatrick)

    It sure looks a bit suspect...if it's not the plume it's doing a good job of looking like one.

    Yeah I saw that from Dublin and was intrigued. It was in the north west also...can't possibly be it though I never saw cloud like it before!


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    #359
    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    The sky was very much like that this evening even here, but nothing out of the ordinary at all under these hazy conditions. If there was a bit of cloud it would have been a spectacular sunset.

    That's just a plane contrail in the pic from the west.


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    #360
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Wind direction seems to have changed in the last hour. This plume seems to be going higher than before too.


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    #361
    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Massive clouds of ash belching out again - v good webcam here http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/


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