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The Iceland Volcano Thread

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    #1562
    Superfint
    Registered Users Posts: 626 ✭✭✭Superfint


    Am in Gdansk at the moment, ment to fly back to dublin tomarrow morning.
    Not sure if i should pack up and head to the airport or what??!!!

    Does anyone know will there be more updates on the Ryanair website tonight regarding tomarrows early flights?

    I don't mind if am stuck here a little longer :D


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    #1563
    Jumpy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    maquiladora wrote: »
    magma

    mike_myers_as_dr_evil_in_austin_powers.jpg



    On a side note, is it possible to predict ahead to know if the north easterlies will hold until wed next week?


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    #1564
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    The quake near Katla has been removed from the map now so it may have just been an error.

    http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/#view=map


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    #1565
    roryc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭roryc1


    Looks like she is still going http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/


    sorry cloud is now back


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    #1566
    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    Superfint wrote: »
    Am in Gdansk at the moment, ment to fly back to dublin tomarrow morning.
    Not sure if i should pack up and head to the airport or what??!!!

    Does anyone know will there be more updates on the Ryanair website tonight regarding tomarrows early flights?

    I don't mind if am stuck here a little longer :D


    Yeah, Dublin open from 4 in the morning.


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    #1567
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    roryc1 wrote: »
    Looks like she is still going http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/


    sorry cloud is now back

    I got a brief glimpse. Plume looked very high...


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    #1568
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    05 May 2010 - Volcanic Ash Advisory - Updated
    Volcanic Ash update issued at 1900 hours on Wednesday May 5th Information from the Icelandic Meteorological Office concerning the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano today (Wednesday) is that there is increased earthquake activity beneath the volcano since Monday May 3rd. These earthquakes were at first very deep in the ground (about 23km) but then migrated upward. This indicated that “new” magma (molten lava etc) is rising from deep below the surface. It is anticipated that the eruption will continue


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    #1569
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Pangea wrote: »
    This indicated that “new” magma (molten lava etc) is rising from deep below the surface. It is anticipated that the eruption will continue

    Yep, over on Science Blogs, a guy from Iceland that has his own site about earthquakes/volcanoes had this comment :

    This means that the new magma is coming from a great depth and is pushing up fast and with great pressure. This is going to mean a lot of problems when it reaches the surface, that would the top crater in Eyjafjallajökull.


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    #1570
    gally74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭gally74


    when youve got a problem and no one else will do,
    a-team.jpg


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    #1571
    Elmo5
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    The tremor activity has gone way down now!
    http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html

    Have a feeling it's building up to another big spurt of activity...hmm.


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    #1572
    Superfint
    Registered Users Posts: 626 ✭✭✭Superfint


    thetonynator wrote: »
    Yeah, Dublin open from 4 in the morning.

    Cheers mate, i rebooked anyhow as i paniced a bit!
    Just my luck! :D


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    #1573
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Update on activity
    Eruption in Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland

    Assessment - 05 May 2010 20:50

    Increased seismicity suggests that new material is intruding from deep below Eyjafjallajökull and latest GPS-observations suggest inflation...

    Oh great...

    http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/1884


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    #1574
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    No view on the webcams at the moment but this article says the ash plume has reached 31,000 feet tonight. :eek:

    http://mbl.is/mm/frettir/innlent/2010/05/05/gosmokkur_i_31_thusund_feta_haed/


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    #1575
    je55ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭je55ie


    maquiladora wrote: »
    No view on the webcams at the moment but this article says the ash plume has reached 31,000 feet tonight. :eek:

    http://mbl.is/mm/frettir/innlent/2010/05/05/gosmokkur_i_31_thusund_feta_haed/

    is that bad?


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    #1576
    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    jessie37 wrote: »
    is that bad?

    Yes, it means the ash plume is reaching between 9 and 10 kms into the atmosphere which I think is as high as it ever got in April, if not worse.


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    #1577
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 15,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Changes in times for reopening!

    Dublin, Waterford, Donegal and Cork (4am). Shannon, Galway and Knock (8am). Kerry (9am).

    Travel updates


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    #1578
    Pangea
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Iceland volcano 'has become more explosive

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8661937.stm


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    #1579
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1273100913.png

    Confirms the plume reached 32,000 feet at least for a time yesterday. Some ash forecast between FL200/350 in the Atlantic.


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    #1580
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    There's some concern at the moment on ScienceBlogs at the amount of sulfur dioxide (SO2) that has suddenly been released in the last 36 hours from the Volcano.

    http://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/OMI/OMISO2/iceland.html

    I'm not an expert on this at all, but some of the comments from people there who seem to know more about this are :

    The altitude is generally about the jet max-35,000. But the word YIKES comes to mind because that indicates this thing is really chugging from the belly of the beast. SO2 is dangerous as hell to the environment and it will cut the ozone and clouds like a knife, turn the salt water fresh in ref to the THC and that aint good

    But, that SO2 in that concentration is big time bad ju-ju. Strongest concentration I have EVER seen and it has little dispersion.

    higher SO2 and more explosive magma...this is not a very good sign is it? Could it be that a big mafic recharge is mixing the magma?

    Jaw-drop. Wow!! that must have all been in the last 36 hours or so since the last time I checked. Looks like the eruption has REALLY ramped up.

    Any climate changes possible? A pretty big SO2 column suddenly appeared for today...

    Vigorous SO2 emissions into the stratosphere... Laki, anyone?


    The bloody clouds are totally blocking the view of the ash plume. Very frustrating.


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    #1581
    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    this mornings screen grab, no appearance of any plume, calmed down it appears


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    #1582
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    alibabba wrote: »
    this mornings screen grab, no appearance of any plume, calmed down it appears

    Cloud is totally blocking the view, thats why you cannot see the plume. A few people got a brief glimpse of it earlier this morning and said the plume looked as high as it has ever been since the start of the eruption.


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    #1583
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


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

    Clouds starting to clear a little now. Look in the top left, plume looks very dark and high.

    Edit. Clouded over again now. Took a screenshot, you can see the plume behind the cloud there, looks like its pushing right up with the top maybe even beyond the view of the camera.

    40q6w.jpg


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    #1584
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    9 earthquakes recorded already today. 33 in total since Tuesday evening. There's a lot of stuff happening under the surface for the past couple of days.

    http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/#view=map


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    #1585
    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    Im no volcanoe boffin, but something tells me this aint going to calm down in the coming weeks / months

    Anyone else feel the same?

    :eek:


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    #1586
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation/vaac/data/VAG_1273144184.png

    Latest ash forecast. Plume max height of 30,000 ft. Ireland & UK in the clear but could be a chance of transatlantic disruption there by the look of it?


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    #1587
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »
    Is there anywhere detailing the estimated depth of the tremors ?

    There is a Map/Table tab there. Click on table.


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    #1588
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Yep, sudden swarm closer to the surface in the last few minutes.


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    #1589
    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »
    Alot of activity is right

    100506_1150.png

    loads of activity alright, getting busy up there .....


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    #1590
    nacho libre
    Registered Users Posts: 16,656 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Still no sign of Katla erupting which is a pity err i mean a good thing;)


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    #1591
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    nacho libre wrote: »
    Still no sign of Katla erupting which is a pity err i mean a good thing;)

    Well it depends. Not every eruption is going to be huge, Katla could erupt and it could turn out to be a smaller eruption than whats going on at the moment.

    Anyway, shame about the clouds spoiling the view at the moment, but at least you can see from this sat view the height and size of the ash cloud now.

    http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/MSG/RGB/ASH/ICELAND/index.htm


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