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There seems to be an increase in the number of fissures or vents, over the past few hours.I'm no expert, but the whole area near the main fissure looks looks to be very unstable.
Very impressive. Thanks Michael.
A satellite image of the eruption, defining the area quite nicely.
Courtesy of ( NERC Satellite Receiving Station, University of Dundee, Channel 1, 4, 3, Aqua, Friday Sept 05 13:03:46 2014.)
http://en.vedur.is/media/jar/myndsafn/medium/MODIS_20140905.JPG
larger satellite image
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http://www.ruv.is/frett/everything-changes-when-night-falls
This a good video
Indeed.Some amazing shots.
I'd love to be there with some Marshmellows on a stick.
I visited that beautiful country two years ago.
Two years too early,unfortunately.
Originally Posted by: AIMSIR
Yes I've visited Iceland last year. It's a very beautiful place. No volcanic eruptions though.
Watch this amazing footage of a sonic boom of Tavurvur volcano!
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152728604336514.
(I don't know how well you can access this if you don't have a facebook account)
Oooch.Fantastic.
About two miles offshore by my estimate.
Looks like things are shaking up again after a bit of a lull in Iceland.
Seismicity
The Iceland volcano is spewing lava fountains of up to 100m,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4PUOBIwEv0.
The situation in Iceland is escalating with Bardarbunga now causing grave concern. A large eruption could occur in the near future, with flooding possibly causing damage to the infrastructure, according to a number of observers.
http://www.ruv.is/frett/gravely-concerned-about-bardarbunga
Another big 5.5 quake in the caldera this morning.
Meanwhile sulphur dioxide from the fissure eruption is causing problems. The Norwegians can smell it. Fortunately for us the high pressure is keeping it away
Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East
Quite. If that gets mixed with the stench from the Paris Metro and ends-up wafting this way, it could be apocolyptically smelly.
Two more large quakes in the caldera in recent hours. This could be about to blow...or not!
More news here,
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/iceland-volcano-idINL5N0RB2ZK20140910, plus this,
http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/?p=4954.
Some nice pics of Bardarbunga eruption,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/earth/11090113/Icelands-Bardarbunga-volcano-spews-molten-rock-over-the-Holuhraun-lava-field.html?frame=3035236.
Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora
This is an interesting article in a new scientific study on the situation at Bárðarbunga and it highlights some possible scenariosOriginally Posted by: doctormog
Thanks Michael
Lava flows advances towards Kaohe Homesteads in Hawaii,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2752638/Residents-living-Hawaii-prepare-lava-nearby-Kilauea-Volcano-cut-community-Big-Island.html.
It's probably unlikely they could divert this slow moving but enormous mass.
There was a case in Iceland back in 1973 when the Harbour of Heimaey island was spared such a fate when the residents that did not evacuate spent weeks spraying an estimated 6 million cubic meters of sea water onto the lava eventually diverting it away from, and saving the harbour.
