The Iceland Volcano Thread

Hmm. As long as I can get home by next weekend, I'll be happy enough.
It's weird being in London City and hearing no planes around.

If the volcano keeps going, there will be no rule changes for the flying bans - jet engines really do get quite screwed up by both the abrasion characteristics of the ash, and the melting/solidification of the silica components on the turbine blades. There's no getting away from that. Maybe Ryanair will buy back its fleet of puddlejumper turboprops that it started up with back in the 80's, those may be more suitable to flying in these conditions.

If the big neighbour of this volcano decides to awaken, we could be in for 'interesting times' as the ash volumes would be so much greater, combined with sulphuric acid components in the outgassing. That'll mean the elderly and infirm will be at risk from lung problems.
If air transport is restricted, I'll miss fresh oranges and bananas and things like that...

Pangea wrote: »

What do you mean long exposure?

Means they keep the shutter open longer...so you're really seeing a certain amount of time of imagery compressed into one image. Like see the way the sparks are making traces, trails of spark? That's the distance the spark travelled in the time the shutter was open, the camera picks up the whole 'track' of the spark as it flies out.

It's really the only way to capture things like lightning bolts etc. because they'd come and go by the time you could make an ordinary snap, blink and you miss them type things.

edit - beaten, and more articulately too and yeah, those 'sparks' are stars

PAWS animal Res wrote: »

A Swedish friend has been told that she can not fly until the 26th ??? A colleague has booked to fly to Jersey tuesday afternoon, does anyone know anything about timelines or is it totally unpredictable

I didnt know swedes good fly, pretty impressive ...

I was following the eruption live on a few link and they've all seemed to have gone of line.....anyone know whats going on???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8624464.stm
http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-fimmvorduhalsi/
http://www.ruv.is/hekla/

Sky's Greg Milam, who is close to the volcano, said they are trying to get an idea of whether the intensity is lessening.

"What they will be hoping is that the wind might at some point change direction and strength and bring some respite to Europe," he said.

"This sort of eruption could go on for days, weeks, maybe months.

"As long as this continues to happen and the ash continues to be thrown up with such intensity it is very difficult for anyone to predict what will happen next.

"The big fear here is that the nearby sister volcano Katla could erupt.

"It is much bigger, the flooding would be worse and the ash cloud would also be much worse

Sky news

Su Campu wrote: »

I presume the Champions League games will be off this week too if this continues?

i never thought of that. now it is a catastrophe:p

but seriously if big brother beside it erupts, as it has in the past, then things could become very grave indeed:(

i'm getting married in two weeks and the best man is supposed to fly in from new zealand this thursday, so i'm really really hoping that the winds will change or things will start to clear up in time! maybe if we all start blowing at it together we can get this thing to move back up north

We voted for the Lisbon Treaty even though nobody understood it and now it's being implemented. The planes are being downed in and out of Europe and all they have to do now is stop the ships and then we are well on our way to creating a self sufficient EU. The penalty Ireland gets for not voting it in the first time is no tunnel to the rest of Europe. I hope the spud crop doesn't fail ths year!!!!

I should have gone to the pub rather than finishing off a bottle of wine at home.

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Yes, we had an upper haze the last few days but that cleared with the cloud sheet that passed over earlier today. Sky is more normal looking since this afternoon.

Tried to capture it on camera but not great. Lowered contrast to try and highlight it: (still crap)

At the moment it is taking on a distinct ripple effect. There is also more isolated blobs of it to my NW and W, but not reddening the sun as it is in Mothman's location.

Deep Easterly wrote: »

Heard on the news earlier that there was some pretty serious forest fires above in Mayo so that probably explains the sheet of smoke that covered the eastern sky here earlier. Winds have been light northerly all evening which just adds to the surety.

so you are answering your own questions and posts now:( i wonder is it due to what's in the air, due to the volcano, or is it simply that your mind is disintegrating from living in the ninth circle of hell that is Galway:p

that is an angry looking mountain.

Is there a danger this could seriously affect our summer weather ? Making it colder and cloudier

Is a strange sky to the north of me.

Pretty much a normal clear blue sky everywhere else except through 280 degrees to 0 where the sky is split into 2 parts. The upper is clear blue sky as normal, the lower (about 20 degrees above the horizon) is darker blue, if I were to use a ruler it is completely flat, no distortion at all.

The discolouration is marginal, but the lower is darker and does not look like cloud.

It may be like this all the time, just that I have been looking for it.

Anyone else confirm this?

Will try to get a pic but not sure my camera is good enough.

Oh, and on a related note, still the browny yellow isle where I live, noticed this on a satellite shot yesterday.