The Iceland Volcano Thread

Oneiric 3 · 23-03-2021 8:41pm

Volcanic induced thunder from eruption in Guatemala earlier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Zh8EYJ99g

Tenger · 23-03-2021 11:09pm

namloc1980 wrote: »

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That’s just glorious. Have watched it a dozen times today.

And have this link open on my tablet as I potter around the house;
https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/20/beint-vefstreymi-fra-eldstodvunum?rtype=news&slot=1&term=vefmyndav%C3%A9l

Pherekydes · 25-03-2021 9:09am

Some nice close-up footage of the collapse of the side of the cone. Jump to 24:00.

waterways · 29-03-2021 8:16am

video of the volcanic pyrocumulus
https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/28/eldbolstur-yfir-gosstodvunum

Wanderer78 · 05-04-2021 9:32pm

Am I right in saying they think this will be erupting long term, seriously thinking of going up there?

HugoIrl · 05-04-2021 9:47pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Am I right in saying they think this will be erupting long term, seriously thinking of going up there?

Apparently they are expecting it go for at least a few weeks/months. See a new fissure opened up today.

Meteorite58 · 05-04-2021 10:50pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Am I right in saying they think this will be erupting long term, seriously thinking of going up there?

GeologyHub , of which I am just newly aware of, has stated that he and other geologists think it might erupt for years to come, see the video below....

We might be able to get a group rate

https://youtu.be/Bmf7RoHKvHU

Wanderer78 · 05-04-2021 10:52pm

Skyhunter wrote:

Same thought crossed my mind. Had a look at flights with Icelandair at the end of the month. Roughly â‚¬100 return. But Covid

I 'll be vaxed in a few weeks, so summer/Autumn could be for me

Dillonb3 · 09-04-2021 5:41pm

La Soufrière volcano in Caribbean is after erupting:

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1380523509592514560

Hopefully the evacuation warnings issued last night got people to safety considering how small the island is

igCorcaigh · 09-04-2021 6:08pm

Naive question, I know nothing about geology...

Are volcano activities across the globe connected in any way?
As in, is there a correlation between volcanic activity across different countries?

09-04-2021 6:31pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Naive question, I know nothing about geology...

Are volcano activities across the globe connected in any way?
As in, is there a correlation between volcanic activity across different countries?

Look up "plate tectonics", volcanos tend to be at plate boundaries.

igCorcaigh · 09-04-2021 7:00pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Look up "plate tectonics", volcanos tend to be at plate boundaries.

Yeah, stupid question I guess.

I don't see how the plates movements in Iceland could have any effect in other regions of the world.
It's energy at the surface layer.

Just curious.

Dillonb3 · 09-04-2021 7:06pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Yeah, stupid question I guess.

I don't see how the plates movements in Iceland could have any effect in other regions of the world.
It's energy at the surface layer.

Just curious.

You also have Magma hotspots located away from plate boundaries that have volcanoes on the surface. Hawaii is prime example

yellowlabrador · 09-04-2021 7:10pm

There are about 30 volcanoes active for the moment, we only get to hear about the famous ones.

09-04-2021 7:10pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Yeah, stupid question I guess.

I don't see how the plates movements in Iceland could have any effect in other regions of the world.
It's energy at the surface layer.

Just curious.

Short answer is that as the planet's surface is dynamic, a change in one plate interface will affect the other interfaces as well, as the pressures are always being relieved in one area will build up elsewhere.

It's also worth remembering that at any one point in time, there are on average 20 or so active volcanos erupting somewhere on the planet, most on isolated islands or undersea so get no publicity.

There are claims that changes in the sun's magnetic field strength can also change the strength of the Earth's core and that these changes can trigger Volcanic activity

PokeHerKing · 09-04-2021 7:13pm

Low solar activity is also theorised to increase volcanic activity.

09-04-2021 7:16pm

Dillonb3 wrote: »

You also have Magma hotspots located away from plate boundaries that have volcanoes on the surface. Hawaii is prime example

Yes, Yellowstone park is another prime example of where that hotspot is located, it also explains the many "chains" of islands that are located around the planet, like these (formed the same way as Hawaii)

igCorcaigh · 09-04-2021 7:39pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Short answer is that as the planet's surface is dynamic, a change in one plate interface will affect the other interfaces as well, as the pressures are always being relieved in one area will build up elsewhere.

It's also worth remembering that at any one point in time, there are on average 20 or so active volcanos erupting somewhere on the planet, most on isolated islands or undersea so get no publicity.

There are claims that changes in the sun's magnetic field strength can also change the strength of the Earth's core and that these changes can trigger Volcanic activity

Ah, thank you.

I had naively believed that the energy from a volcano comes from below the crust, but the energy may move latterly along the plates as well...

09-04-2021 7:52pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Ah, thank you.

I had naively believed that the energy from a volcano comes from below the crust, but the energy may move latterly along the plates as well...

You're correct it does come from beneath the crust, but where the plates meet, there are weak spots and these points are where much of the volcanic activity comes from, most noticeably along the mid Atlantic ridge and the Pacific rim where there are spreading and overriding plates respectively.

pad199207 · 09-04-2021 8:06pm

Second Explosion at La Soufriere

Dillonb3 · 09-04-2021 8:15pm

pad199207 wrote: »

Second Explosion at La Soufriere

Footage going around of ash falling on nearby settlements, I wouldn't imagine the structures will withstand heavy loads of it

Wanderer78 · 10-04-2021 7:18am

pad199207 wrote:

Second Explosion at La Soufriere

The really dangerous ones, but naturally, id still like to experience one, hopefully people get out

Dillonb3 · 11-04-2021 2:45pm

Another explosion happened at La Soufriere and the country is now without power and water supplies are disrupted.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56707956

Nearby Barbados is starting to get ashfall

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1381230606483341317

igCorcaigh · 11-04-2021 3:15pm

https://twitter.com/BSteinbekk/status/1381179030297309184?s=19

Graces7 · 11-04-2021 10:12pm

I am just commencing a longed-for reread of "Lord of the Rings…" Terrifying thread ... wondering if Tolkien saw real life volcanos . Even in " The Hobbit"

igCorcaigh · 12-04-2021 10:03am

https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1381532063245946882?s=19

waterways · 29-04-2021 9:44am

I know there are many videos available but this one is really great with a suprising twist.

Top photographer Ólafur Þórisson flew a drone over the eruption site yesterday and captured an incredible video of a powerful magma flow in the most active crater.

The eruption in Geldingadalur has not stopped and the eruption activity has remained stable for a while now.

https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/04/29/magnad_dronaskot_yfir_gossvaedinu/

waterways · 29-04-2021 2:22pm

Looking very close into a crater with very little activity the past days and to find still glooming lava below the surface in there.

Impressive lava-tornado.

https://www.facebook.com/siggizoom/videos/10225832077498300/

Oneiric 3 · 04-05-2021 9:53pm

Was watching the eruption live here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdrrg7Xp3xA

And about 30 mins ago a 'smokenado' developed just to the west of the on screen map. I rolled back and tried to screen capture it. Quality isn't great but here it is:

https://streamable.com/ufvo9b

cnocbui · 06-05-2021 1:04pm

In Australia we would call that a willy willy - a tornado is something that picks up houses, cars and cows.

Dillonb3 · 06-05-2021 2:16pm

The Icelandic volcano is spouting a large lava fountain

Dillonb3 · 22-05-2021 10:04pm

Another major volcano just erupted. Nyiragongo in Congo with the city of Goma under severe threat

https://twitter.com/CharlesBalagizi/status/1396204233410629634

speckle · 23-05-2021 9:00pm

Some images/news from Congo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJXYeLvnW0

cnocbui · 23-05-2021 9:04pm

Anyone got any tips on getting one to go off under the Kremlin?

Wanderer78 · 24-05-2021 7:51am

cnocbui wrote:

Anyone got any tips on getting one to go off under the Kremlin?

Ah they're doing enough themselves, to wreck their own country, leave'em at it, it ll be the general Russian public that ll truly suffer though

Seriously thinking of going to this volcano, must look into it more

corkie · 26-05-2021 11:01pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Mount Etna live on the link below still erupting

https://www.liveincam.com/

https://www.liveincam.com/en/cam/catania-catania-etna

https://www.liveincam.com/en/cam/catania-nunziata-di-mascali

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1397486844879773697

Italy’s Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe, has erupted twice in the space of a few hours, the latest in a burst of volcanic activity since 16 February

cherryghost · 26-05-2021 11:47pm

Maybe just me, or that the media is bored, but there is a lot more volcanic activity in recent months globally

Oneiric 3 · 11-06-2021 10:52pm

Brave!

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

Kamili · 12-06-2021 6:02pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Brave!

Not sure Brave is the word I'd use..

up for anything · 12-06-2021 10:04pm

Kamili wrote: »

Not sure Brave is the word I'd use..

Foolhardy is the polite word.

Oneiric 3 · 12-06-2021 11:27pm

up for anything wrote: »

Foolhardy is the polite word.

Whatever word you want to use, his presence on the crater certainly helps to give it a better sense of scale, certainly to me anyway. Had the idea that the volcano was much smaller than that just going by the cam footage alone.

Dillonb3 · 13-06-2021 12:27am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Whatever word you want to use, his presence on the crater certainly helps to give it a better sense of scale, certainly to me anyway. Had the idea that the volcano was much smaller than that just going by the cam footage alone.

Its not just lava flows or ash that are a threat when it comes to volcanos, volcanic gases could easily have suffocated the person in that video

Gaoth Laidir · 13-06-2021 7:25am

Sorry, what are we looking at here? I don't see anyone there. Am I missing something??

Wanderer78 · 13-06-2021 8:15am

Gaoth Laidir wrote:

Sorry, what are we looking at here? I don't see anyone there. Am I missing something??

The person is barely visible in the lefthand side of the frame, they move around a bit, until eventually running out of the frame when the eruption kicks off, it's difficult to view on a phone, easier on a bigger screen.

That's the most dangerous thing I've seen around a volcano, I've been to a few now, and that's what you absolutely don't do, they're lucky to be alive, been told Icelandic authorities don't take too kindly to this behaviour, so hopefully they find out who it is

volchitsa · 13-06-2021 8:33am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Brave!

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

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

OMG that's crazy footage. What happened to him at the end? I couldn't work out if he was getting out of the flow path or if he was just wandering at random. I couldn't find him in the last 20 seconds or so. Could the gases have overpowered him? Do we know?

Wanderer78 · 13-06-2021 8:38am

volchitsa wrote:

OMG that's crazy footage. What happened to him at the end? I couldn't work out if he was getting out of the flow path or if he was just wandering at random. I couldn't find him in the last 20 seconds or so. Could the gases have overpowered him? Do we know?

It seems like they run for cover, as the eruption picks up, they run out of the frame eventually. I haven't heard anything else about this incident, but if it's a tourist, I do hope the authorities pick them up, charge them, and escort them to the airport, telling them never to return, bloody idiot

cnocbui · 13-06-2021 10:30am

Charge them for what?

Wanderer78 · 13-06-2021 10:34am

cnocbui wrote: »

Charge them for what?

oh if i was in law enforcement, id be charging them with as many things as i could find, the volcano is currently off limits, so theres trespassing, endangering oneself, and potentially others, and im sure a whole pile of other things, authorities have the right to revoke visas as well, so id be doing that, if it was a tourist

cnocbui · 13-06-2021 11:28am

Is endangering oneself an offence? I must say I have never heard of it before.

With 30% of Iceland’s population estimated to have visited the volcano, I am fairly confident visiting it is neither trespassing, nor banned, nor illegal: https://classiciceland.com/how-to-see-fagradalsfjall-active-volcano-in-iceland-preperation-direction-and-tips/

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