We might be having a new eruption, this time under 700 meters of ice. No ash clouds, unless it is really really really big. Possible smeltwater flow from under the volcano. When CNN gets on this story expect weeks of Wolf Blitzer cutting to the correspondent on iceland asking if it has erupted yet every hour on the hour.
http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/?p=4690
QuoteEarthquake activity continues in Bárðarbunga volcano and shows no signs of slowing down. Two swarms have appeared in Bárðarbunga volcano system. One is at location called Kistufell, while the second one is at the south-east part of the Bárðarbunga volcano. Increase in earthquake activity in south-east part of Bárðarbunga volcano seems to increase harmonic tremor. I am not sure why that is. As of now (when this is written) no eruption has been confirmed in Bárðarbunga volcano, the volcano is under glacier so confirmation is difficult at best.
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Earthquake activity in Bárðarbunga volcano. The two groups of earthquake swarms are visible on this map. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.
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Earthquake activity has been dense as can be seen here. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.
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Harmonic tremor remains high on the Dyngjuháls SIL station. Why that is not clear at the moment. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.
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Harmonic tremor remains high at Vonarskarð SIL station. It has dropped little during the day, but it remains constant at current time. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.
So far no major eruption has started in Bárðarbunga volcano. That might change without warning as this activity continues. There is a risk of large earthquakes taking place before such eruption. Since the crust in this part of Iceland is thick (up to 40 km thick) and last eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano took place in the year 1794. The eruption in the year 1910 took place in a volcano named Hamarinn and is south-west of Bárðarbunga volcano. Fissure eruptions are also a feature that Bárðarbunga volcano has, if this activity is going to result in such eruption is something that is impossible to know at current time.
Current status changes fast. I post new information on this activity as needed and as things get more clearer on what is happening.
So, eh, cloudy with a chance of tsunami size flash flood, ironically just near where they filmed Noah.
Bardabunga? What a name.
Badabing :ph34r:
Quote from: Liep on August 17, 2014, 11:11:58 AM
Bardabunga? What a name.
Of course this would go after Mount Bungabunga erupts in Italy.
Bárðarbunga is easier to pronounce than Eyjafjallajökull. Practically rolls off the tongue. :P
Eh, it might just rumble on a bit then die down.
Iceland will grow larger!
Volcanic eruptions are just Icelandic diplomacy by other means. :ph34r:
Quote from: mongers on August 17, 2014, 04:28:12 PM
Volcanic eruptions are just Icelandic diplomacy by other means. :ph34r:
Well, obviously wiht no more missing malaysian airliners, no celebrities going insane, the inability to do their hideously biasased Gaza coverage without it being compared to ISIS Iceland had gone and saved the media by having another eruption in mt unpronounceable.
Eyafjallajökull rolls off the toung quite nicely too.
It's been rumbling on for about 2 days now without erupting. My Bárðarbunga has failed me.
As long as the winds carry the ash clouds towards America this time I'm fine, but be warned that they'll take it as a sign of aggression.
Quote from: Liep on August 17, 2014, 05:23:49 PM
As long as the winds carry the ash clouds towards America this time I'm fine, but be warned that they'll take it as a sign of aggression.
Probably no ash cloud, it's under half a mile or ice.
Then a cloud of superheated ice! :o
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on August 17, 2014, 05:36:20 PM
Then a cloud of superheated ice! :o
most likely a huge lake of melt water trapped under the ice by the glacier. Which, if the eruption is large enough, will burst out from under the glacier and do this
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Another Unpronounceable Icelandic Volcano Is Getting Ready to Explode (http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/19/iceland_volcano_bardarbunga_how_bad_would_an_eruption_be.html)
slate is stealing my schtick!
The area immediately north of the seismic activity has been evacuated, everybody's battened down the hatches and now we wait to see if the damn thing dosen't calm down. I was going to go to Grágæsadalur with gramps and the boys on Friday but the whole area is a no-go for now. :hmm:
Quote from: Legbiter on August 20, 2014, 05:06:48 AM
The area immediately north of the seismic activity has been evacuated, everybody's battened down the hatches and now we wait to see if the damn thing dosen't calm down. I was going to go to Grágæsadalur with gramps and the boys on Friday but the whole area is a no-go for now. :hmm:
Well not many people live in that part of the country.... fortunately....
Is there a part of the country where many people live? :hmm:
Quote from: Valmy on August 20, 2014, 11:22:00 AM
Is there a part of the country where many people live? :hmm:
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Black bits are population density above 10 per sq km.
Is that a wee island full of people I spy off the south west coast? Interesting.
Quote from: Tyr on August 20, 2014, 12:10:14 PM
Is that a wee island full of people I spy off the south west coast? Interesting.
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this place
My parents claim that large numbers of people in Iceland believe in the literal existence of elves and trolls (not the internet kind ;) ).
Is this true, or bullshit?
Quote from: Malthus on August 20, 2014, 02:29:21 PM
My parents claim that large numbers of people in Iceland believe in the literal existence of elves and trolls (not the internet kind ;) ).
Is this true, or bullshit?
It's a game we play for the tourists. But there are still people alive who belive.
Quote from: Viking on August 20, 2014, 02:30:35 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 20, 2014, 02:29:21 PM
My parents claim that large numbers of people in Iceland believe in the literal existence of elves and trolls (not the internet kind ;) ).
Is this true, or bullshit?
It's a game we play for the tourists. But there are still people alive who belive.
I more or less suspected they were being had. :D
They did the tourist thing last year. They enjoyed it a lot.
For some reason Icelandair has started a direct Edmonton-Rejkjavik flight (with the idea you then take a connecting flight to anywhere in Europe), but now a bunch of people I know are going to Iceland. :hmm:
Found an alternative cabin in the area where the chance of death by glacial flashflood is minimal.
I want to go to Iceland. Expensive though :(
Iceland's response to the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Quote from: Martinus on August 21, 2014, 07:46:36 AM
Iceland's response to the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Dunk the entire country in ice water.
BTW, if you guys have seen Prometheus, the scene at the start where the engineer creates whatever, next to the waterfall.. well that place will be flooded if the glacial flood happens.
Quote from: Viking on August 21, 2014, 08:24:33 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 21, 2014, 07:46:36 AM
Iceland's response to the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Dunk the entire country in ice water.
BTW, if you guys have seen Prometheus, the scene at the start where the engineer creates whatever, next to the waterfall.. well that place will be flooded if the glacial flood happens.
How can we accomplish this amazing feat?
Quote from: Viking on August 21, 2014, 08:24:33 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 21, 2014, 07:46:36 AM
Iceland's response to the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Dunk the entire country in ice water.
BTW, if you guys have seen Prometheus, the scene at the start where the engineer creates whatever, next to the waterfall.. well that place will be flooded if the glacial flood happens.
Can we ensure that the makers of Prometheus are there when this happens? :hmm:
Speaking of which, apparently the creator of the IBC just drowned. Someone notify Alannis Morisette.
Quote from: Liep on August 17, 2014, 05:23:49 PM
As long as the winds carry the ash clouds towards America this time I'm fine, but be warned that they'll take it as a sign of aggression.
:menace: But I think the prevailing winds blow in the other direction. Ah well, could have added another state to the nation!
I was speaking to an Australian family who are going to Iceland on Tuesday to fulfil the dad's lifelong dream :(
Seismic activity is very intense and ongoing and seems to slightly ratchet up every day. It's more likelier at this point than not that shit's going down.
And as I read this thread, Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song starts playing on Spotify.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 21, 2014, 09:01:00 AM
Quote from: Viking on August 21, 2014, 08:24:33 AM
BTW, if you guys have seen Prometheus, the scene at the start where the engineer creates whatever, next to the waterfall.. well that place will be flooded if the glacial flood happens.
How can we accomplish this amazing feat?
Don't blame the location scout.
Showtime. I'll go check it out.
So how did all the flight tests they did in 2010 go? I mean, it's now up to the airlines to decide if they want to fly or not so I'm guessing we're not going to see the same amount of panic as back then no matter how badass the Bungabunga volcano is.
At any rate, I have 2 trips planned within the next 2 weeks so it better stay the fuck under Dyngjujökull or whatever.
Quote from: Liep on August 23, 2014, 10:30:09 AM
So how did all the flight tests they did in 2010 go? I mean, it's now up to the airlines to decide if they want to fly or not so I'm guessing we're not going to see the same amount of panic as back then no matter how badass the Bungabunga volcano is.
The recommended intake of molten glass for aircraft engines is still zero so another eruption like Eyjafjallajökull would still shut down European airspace.
Eh, but this one is a small lava eruption under a tributary glacier of Bárðarbunga so I doubt anything except for local air traffic will be affected by the looks of things. Just another postcard eruption, not very badass.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 21, 2014, 05:19:06 PM
I was speaking to an Australian family who are going to Iceland on Tuesday to fulfil the dad's lifelong dream :(
Apparently they didn't get to go. They're in Belgium instead. Which is noone's lifelong dream :(
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 26, 2014, 04:41:55 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 21, 2014, 05:19:06 PM
I was speaking to an Australian family who are going to Iceland on Tuesday to fulfil the dad's lifelong dream :(
Apparently they didn't get to go. They're in Belgium instead. Which is noone's lifelong dream :(
Not even Belgians.
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 26, 2014, 04:41:55 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 21, 2014, 05:19:06 PM
I was speaking to an Australian family who are going to Iceland on Tuesday to fulfil the dad's lifelong dream :(
Apparently they didn't get to go. They're in Belgium instead.
:o :weep:
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There's a small eruption ongoing close to Bárðarbunga but it's not badass.
Perfect place for a fight.
Quote from: Tyr on August 31, 2014, 07:14:58 AM
Perfect place for a fight.
Just make sure you have the high ground.
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The lava eruption is still vigorous along a 1.5 km long fissure. It's put out something like a million tonnes of lava in the last 3 days. It's dark here in Iceland now and the view of the eruption is quite nice from this webcam.
http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/ (http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/)
Damn your Icelunders and you're camouflaged wee pools of mist distraction. :mad:
Wee pools. :x
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The eruption is still going strong. Waiting to see if the big one hits Bárðarbunga. :homestar:
And now the eruption is finally over. It lasted for about 180 days and the new lava field is about 85 square kilometres which makes this eruption the largest one in Iceland by lava volume (1.4 cubic kilometres) since Laki back in 1783-84. :nerd:
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:cool:
You guys do things to a different scale up there.
As long as you keep it on ground you can do whatever you want up there.