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/

 

Got it - a toasted fried-egg sandwich - wholemeal bread! On a china plate that you then drop on a tile floor to break for a sound effect. While watching the live feed, of course.

Lovely time-lapse of overnights activity..

https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/04/07/framvinda-naeturinnar-a-gosstodvunum-i-stuttu-myndskeidi

https://youtu.be/ppnN94WK960 

Quite an interesting little wander past the original eruption site which gives a good sense of scale and up to site 2 (before site 3 opened up). 

Awesome view of the 3 eruption sites. Best viewed on a laptop or computer.

https://photo.24liveblog.com/2744943423120436866/20210407185113_662177.jpeg

One of the webcams has now been sacrificed to the volcano gods (presumably buried by the lava flow from the new overnight fissure). Time of death 08:19 (Iceland time).

Image of said camera in the lava can be seen here...

https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/04/07/vefmyndavelin_komin_undir_hraun/

There's quite a bit to see on Google Street View as well - albeit not from this week - yet.

Click the link below, and then click on the Orange Pegman bottom right to see the Street View imagery. (This is for a Windows 10 laptop, other devices may vary)

https://tinyurl.com/e37n26f4

You'll see that there are four individual Google Spheres from the early days of the eruption, and someone's also taken imagery along almost the entire path from the nearest road to the Geldingadalir crater which looks more recent (late March) as the valley is much more full of lava flow.

Great links everyone. 

In a different part of the world it looks like La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent (and the Grenadines) may erupt imminently and parts of the island are being evacuated.

For clarification, by erupt I meant explosively as it has been erupting already but “only” effusively. The risk is a large explosive eruption and is why 16000 people are being evacuated from the north of the island. The lava dome has grown significantly in the last couple of days and is glowing (visible over 60 miles away).

In a different part of the world it looks like La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent (and the Grenadines) may erupt imminently and parts of the island are being evacuated.

For clarification, by erupt I meant explosively as it has been erupting already but “only” effusively. The risk is a large explosive eruption and is why 16000 people are being evacuated from the north of the island. The lava dome has grown significantly in the last couple of days and is glowing (visible over 60 miles away).

A bit of geological background you may find interesting, DrM:

http://caribbeanvolcanoes.com/st-vincent-geology/

Also see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs2o8mYxCCA

Roger

 

A bit of geological background you may find interesting, DrM:

http://caribbeanvolcanoes.com/st-vincent-geology/

Also see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs2o8mYxCCA

Roger

Thanks Roger.

As long as we don’t get a repeat of 1812’s eruption or something like the 1902 event on Mt Pelee (Martinique) it should be okay. The latter eruption sounds horrific and I think it is probably considered when contemplating evacuations.  

I also suspect the eruption of the relatively nearby and similarly named volcano (Soufrière Hills) in Montserrat is probably relatively fresh in people’s minds.

I also suspect the eruption of the relatively nearby and similarly named volcano (Soufrière Hills) in Montserrat is probably relatively fresh in people’s minds.

I've also been to Soufriere in St. Lucia. Nearly every Caribbean island has one it seems! The name means "Sulphur in the air". You can visit it and it remains relatively safe.

 

I've also been to Soufriere in St. Lucia. Nearly every Caribbean island has one it seems! The name means "Sulphur in the air". You can visit it and it remains relatively safe.

It’s not very original in terms of naming is it?  Something like the strangely named sub-marine volcano “Kick ‘em Jenny” would avoid any confusion as to the location.

La Soufriere has now erupted explosively (around half an hour ago).

Footage of eruption .

https://twitter.com/kenvilleHorne/status/1380512071159320583?s=20

La Soufriere has now erupted explosively (around half an hour ago).

Any news on how big the eruption is as when searching on google an SOS alert comes up for the island. 

 

Any news on how big the eruption is as when searching on google an SOS alert comes up for the island. 

Check twitter video linked above for footage. Eruptive cloud looking impressive. Some 6 kilometres - 20,000 foot.

 

Check twitter video linked above for footage. Eruptive cloud looking impressive. Some 6 kilometres - 20,000 foot.

Footage of falling ash beginning to come in on Twitter. At the moment they are saying the eruption has reached 23,000 feet. Would not be surprised to see that altitude increase. 

Back to Iceland - this Google maps overlay is quite useful showing the different vents and their locations.

http://atlas.lmi.is/mapview/?application=umbrotasja

BBC picks up on St Vincent eruption...
Saint Vincent volcano: 'Explosive' Soufrière eruption sparks mass evacuation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-56693406

Roger