Good grief - if we get the go ahead to travel I'll be tempted to book myself on a trip there, DrM! Mind you - it might be turning a bit nippy away from the lava.

https://adventures.is/blog/top-5-iceland-volcano-tours/

One can dream!

Roger

 

Good grief - if we get the go ahead to travel I'll be tempted to book myself on a trip there, DrM! Mind you - it might be turning a bit nippy away from the lava.

https://adventures.is/blog/top-5-iceland-volcano-tours/

One can dream!

Roger

 

I‘d be up for that as long as I don’t need to get a boat there. 

Judging by those videos the activity is over a wider area at the moment than the original site. 

There doesn't seem to be a massive reduction in activity at site 1 either, although the lower cone may not have been quite so active (subjective view) there's still plenty of lava flowing out and another largish chunk of the rim on the taller crater has moved/fallen this afternoon. 

I‘d be up for that as long as I don’t need to get a boat there. 

There are good points to going by boat to Iceland - like eating blubber for the first time when you are feeling dodgy.

I watched a Frenchman puke into the wind once!

R.

LiveStream - Volcanic Eruption in Geldingadalir / Meradalir, Iceland - 2 Angles and a Zoom - YouTube

Not a bad stream with various angles of the 2 sites. Hopefully someone will stick something up a little closer to site 2 once that settles down a bit as the up the valley view is nice to see lava extent but a bit rubbish in terms of the eruption itself. 

Sky news story: in case you are deciding to visit!
Iceland volcano: Hikers evacuated as lava spurts from new crack in surface
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/iceland-volcano-hikers-evacuated-lava-225600418.html

Enjoy
Roger

Sky news story: in case you are deciding to visit!
Iceland volcano: Hikers evacuated as lava spurts from new crack in surface
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/iceland-volcano-hikers-evacuated-lava-225600418.html

Enjoy
Roger

Amazing how reckless people can be.  Remember that volcanic eruption on that island off the South Island of NZ?

That gives a whole new meaning to 'in the heat of the moment'

To be fair to them the Icelandic authorities were happy for locals to visit the eruption site when it was deemed to be safe (weather and volcanic gas emission wise) and the new fissure, while not totally unexpected, could not really have been predicted, certainly in terms of exact location.

I’m not 100% sure that I wouldn’t be there if I was local and had not been told to stay away. Me and my SLR and 50 memory cards and batteries! 

This view in the link below should be looking very impressive in a few hours I would guess. The new fissure is to the top right and the old to the top left with the lave river flowing into the valley at the front. Incidentally it appears that the overall combined flow rate has increased since the new fissure opened, suggesting if anything a strengthening of the eruption.

We now have fissure number 3 between the two previous ones.

There is also camera feed available at the following link that shows all three fissure area currently: https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/04/06/baedi_gossvaedin_i_beinu_streymi_a_mbl_is/ 

 

Amazing how reckless people can be.  Remember that volcanic eruption on that island off the South Island of NZ?

That gives a whole new meaning to 'in the heat of the moment'

Based on events over that 48 hours I have changed my mind and think I would be happy to watch it on the webcams as it looks like the whole area is now a no go zone. It is fascinating to watch.

Based on events over that 48 hours I have changed my mind and think I would be happy to watch it on the webcams as it looks like the whole area is now a no go zone. It is fascinating to watch.

It's amazing how one gets complacent about such things, though. I recall my father showing me how to detect earthquakes by watching water in a bottle vibrating! I must have been 6.

We lived on this volcano for some years in the 70s - top right hand corner - and occasionally the house doors would pop open with quakes - very ghost like. Then 3 years ago they had to evacuate the place...

 

It's amazing how one gets complacent about such things, though. I recall my father showing me how to detect earthquakes by watching water in a bottle vibrating! I must have been 6.

We lived on this volcano for some years - top right hand corner - and occasionally the house doors would pop open with quakes - very ghost like. Then 3 years ago they had to evacuate the place...

Interesting stuff Roger. Some believe that, given (a lot of) time, the current event in Iceland may lead to the formation of a shield volcano.

Interesting stuff Roger. Some believe that, given (a lot of) time, the current event in Iceland may lead to the formation of a shield volcano.

I'd be afraid to go near an active vent, DrM. A lava flow is sufficient for thrills, though given the opportunity to look into an active crater I'd still be tempted!

We often used to find leaf casts and other plant material the deposits on the Island and I'd have debates with my students are to whether such rocks were igneous or sedimentary.

One of our former pupils was in charge of the recent evacuation and was kind enough to keep me up to speed - very interesting.

R.

We now have fissure number 3 between the two previous ones.

There is also camera feed available at the following link that shows all three fissure area currently: https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/04/06/baedi_gossvaedin_i_beinu_streymi_a_mbl_is/ 

Was watching the multi view feed this morning and trying to work out where the lava flowing in to site 1 was coming from and eventually worked out more rifting had happened up on the ridge/plateau where the 2nd site had opened. (In my defence it was snowing at the time and visibility on some of the cams was rather poor).

All rather active at the moment!

Technology is amazing. I have alredy spent a good many hours watching this all develop from the comfort of my living room! Driving everyone a little potty here, with "come look at this!" my adult children think I am a bit nuts, they're probably not too far from the truth. I've always been fascinated by Mother Natures exttremes, it's just wonderful to now be able to follow along in real time without having to physically put oneself in danger. Although, given the opportunity, I would jump to witness for real :)

Technology is amazing. I have alredy spent a good many hours watching this all develop from the comfort of my living room! Driving everyone a little potty here, with "come look at this!" my adult children think I am a bit nuts, they're probably not too far from the truth. I've always been fascinated by Mother Natures exttremes, it's just wonderful to now be able to follow along in real time without having to physically put oneself in danger. Although, given the opportunity, I would jump to witness for real :)

Technology is amazing. I have alredy spent a good many hours watching this all develop from the comfort of my living room! Driving everyone a little potty here, with "come look at this!" my adult children think I am a bit nuts, they're probably not too far from the truth. I've always been fascinated by Mother Natures exttremes, it's just wonderful to now be able to follow along in real time without having to physically put oneself in danger. Although, given the opportunity, I would jump to witness for real :)

It's all brilliant to watch on-line WW - a perfect use of that technology - but you don't get the volcanic smells and sometimes sounds! I've been wondering what you might put in your toaster to create a realistic effect.

 

It's all brilliant to watch on-line WW - a perfect use of that technology - but you don't get the volcanic smells and sometimes sounds! I've been wondering what you might put in your toaster to create a realistic effect.

There are times I can accurately recreate the stench of sulphur.

There are times I can accurately recreate the stench of sulphur.

When I first went into someone's house in Iceland I thought "My God what on earth do they eat here and why aren't they embarrassed or even seem to notice it?" Soon got used to the sulphurous fart smell.

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/iceland/articles/does-icelandic-water-really-smell-that-bad/