The Iceland Volcano Thread

mickger844posts · 27-04-2010 01:11PM

Its worth keeping an eye on this especially with the winds due to change to Northerlies over the weekend.

27-04-2010 01:48PM

mickger844posts wrote: »

Its worth keeping an eye on this especially with the winds due to change to Northerlies over the weekend.

Unless it really blows up, there is little chance of disruption to air travel under the new revised guidlines.

27-04-2010 10:47PM

Just watching the volcano. Can anyone tell me what that bright thing is thats flying so close? I mean if the ash is so dangerous how come an aircraft is flying right beside it?

check it out its flying around occasionally.

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

Pangea · 27-04-2010 10:56PM

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

I see red stuff!

Joe Public · 27-04-2010 10:57PM

It's a bit more active looking tonight.

27-04-2010 11:01PM

http://i42.tinypic.com/21m8c5k.jpg

heres a screen shot from a different camera angle than I was looking at , someone else grabbed this shot. Lots of people saw it thank god:) I thought I was losing marbles.

27-04-2010 11:06PM

this is the angle I saw it on.

http://i41.tinypic.com/nwm339.jpg

Pangea · 27-04-2010 11:09PM

I dunno what that is.

27-04-2010 11:14PM

Pangea wrote: »

I dunno what that is.

me neither, but it was fast, and changed course several times and got right up to the volcano.
Pilot has balls of steel

27-04-2010 11:17PM

heres another couple of images, just waiting for someone to try repost the few minutes this was flying around.

http://i41.tinypic.com/swb6dy.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/ws07lh.jpg

and yes, it DID appear to change shape

Rougies · 28-04-2010 12:21AM

Jake1 wrote: »

me neither, but it was fast, and changed course several times and got right up to the volcano.
Pilot has balls of steel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLoxfdpaQ14

I'm sorry, useless post ... but I'm all out of gum

Su Campu · 28-04-2010 06:33AM

Jake1 wrote: »

heres another couple of images, just waiting for someone to try repost the few minutes this was flying around.

http://i41.tinypic.com/swb6dy.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/ws07lh.jpg

and yes, it DID appear to change shape

Would it not be the rising moon behind clouds? Moonrise for there yesterday was around 10:10pm Irish time, and that moon looks around an hour high in the photos.

ch750536 · 28-04-2010 11:00AM

Su Campu wrote: »

Would it not be the rising moon behind clouds? Moonrise for there yesterday was around 10:10pm Irish time, and that moon looks around an hour high in the photos.

Moornrise?

28-04-2010 12:41PM

Su Campu wrote: »

Would it not be the rising moon behind clouds? Moonrise for there yesterday was around 10:10pm Irish time, and that moon looks around an hour high in the photos.

With all due respect Su, the moon dosent fly around the sky at night.:)

heres a video of the event, thousands of people saw this aircrft fly around and very close to volcano. Just strange, thaz all

This is not the angle I saw it from, I saw it from a different camera. If I come across the other camera video I'll post it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCOGRka45o&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

maquiladora · 28-04-2010 01:18PM

Probably the Icelandic Coast Guard Bombardier Dash 8 plane flying over to inspect the crater and examine lava flow?

alibabba · 28-04-2010 01:24PM

maquiladora wrote: »

Probably the Icelandic Coast Guard Bombardier Dash 8 plane flying over to inspect the crater and examine lava flow?

:rolleyes: Obviously, its St Nick flying over, inspecting the crater thats after detroying his lovely white lawn and giving his reindeers a bad dose of the cough ! :rolleyes:

Su Campu · 28-04-2010 05:21PM

Jake1 wrote: »

With all due respect Su, the moon dosent fly around the sky at night.:)

heres a video of the event, thousands of people saw this aircrft fly around and very close to volcano. Just strange, thaz all
This is not the angle I saw it from, I saw it from a different camera. If I come across the other camera video I'll post it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCOGRka45o&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Ah ok, I thought it was just in the one spot! :rolleyes:

Yeah there have been plenty of flights in and around the crater, the ash is so visible that it's easy to avoid. But I wouldn't fancy it at night like he's doing! :cool:

http://www.liveleak.com/e/d97_1272209476

28-04-2010 05:29PM

Su Campu wrote: »

Ah ok, I thought it was just in the one spot! :rolleyes:

Yeah there have been plenty of flights in and around the crater, the ash is so visible that it's easy to avoid. But I wouldn't fancy it at night like he's doing! :cool:

http://www.liveleak.com/e/d97_1272209476

he or she is brave alright

I bet the view is great too.

Earthquake Katla now too.

thetonynator · 28-04-2010 08:45PM

Jake1 wrote: »

he or she is brave alright I bet the view is great too.

Earthquake Katla now too.

brave . . .or stupid . . .!!!

TheInquisitor · 28-04-2010 09:13PM

It looks like some new vents have opened up in the last few days. Check the lower one. It was there 4 days ago!

Also check the huge amount of snow melt on the mountain in only the last 4 days!! It must really be heating up inside! The river you can compare in both photos and it is must bigger and wider now which shows a huge increase in melt water!

28-04-2010 09:16PM

thetonynator wrote: »

brave . . .or stupid . . .!!!

must have felt very ill after it too, it was speeding around the place.

Beechman · 28-04-2010 11:43PM

I am sure it was mentioned some where on this thread but Tourism has really been fecked by the volcano. I have never seen the country so quite the past two weeks ! If it blows again and airports shut, jobs will be lost

red menace · 30-04-2010 09:41AM

Activity climbing on the sensors again
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html

I see they have stuck a massive warning about katia not erupting at the top of the page as well

Webmonkey · 30-04-2010 09:43AM

red menace wrote: »

Activity climbing on the sensors again
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html

I see they have stuck a massive warning at the top of the page as well

Hardly a warning? unless you see something different.

I'm seeing they saying Katla is NOT erupting.

red menace · 30-04-2010 09:46AM

Sorry meant to say warning that it wasnt erupting

Joe Public · 30-04-2010 10:44AM

This is a good clip from a few weeks ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ztg0wUqKY

Redsunset · 30-04-2010 01:18PM

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sunbabe08 · 01-05-2010 12:30PM

for those who have the any time on there sky+ plus box there's programme on about the volcano, it's very good

Pangea · 01-05-2010 05:11PM

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

Nice cover of snow on the volcano.

krankykitty · 01-05-2010 10:45PM

She's blowing out a lot more stuff now..

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