Eruption in Iceland near Blue Lagoon

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Kristín Jónsdóttir, deildarstjóri eldvirkni á Veðurstofu Íslands telur líklegustu sviðsmynd að eldgos muni hefjast á næstu dögum.Kvikugas mældist úr borholu í Svartsengi í dag. Endi borholunnar teygir sig nálægt þeim stað í jarðskorpunni þar sem kvikugangurinn er talinn vera. Gasið er talin...
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borolad259 said:
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Kvikugas mældist úr borholu í dag – líkur á eldgosi enn taldar miklar - RÚV.is

Kristín Jónsdóttir, deildarstjóri eldvirkni á Veðurstofu Íslands telur líklegustu sviðsmynd að eldgos muni hefjast á næstu dögum.Kvikugas mældist úr borholu í Svartsengi í dag. Endi borholunnar teygir sig nálægt þeim stað í jarðskorpunni þar sem kvikugangurinn er talinn vera. Gasið er talin...
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Sadly I don't have Chrome on this machine

If it is basaltic do we get hexagonal shapes - I'm never going. I had to put up with a load of them on a camp site in Shetland going hammer and tongs until silly o clock

I'll go to sleep tonight dreaming of Finn Mc Coull listening to Mendelssohn
 
"When rhyolite erupts quietly, it forms lava flows, and if it erupts explosively, it often forms pumice."

Pumice was a big feature of Krakatoa but I wasn't around at the time - it is a bit before even me
 
Rishworthian said:
There is smoke rising from the ground in Grindavik and it is reckoned that the magma is only about 500m below ground. This about 300 m closer than yesterday. More fissures are appearing in the roads of the town

It sounds as though it is getting quite close but exact spot is still unknown

Children got married in Reykjavik 25 years ago yesterday. They are off to Bologna for the weekend - seems wise
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Wife and I were in Bologna last year - super place.
 
Sammysmiths said:
I’m currently in a hotel in Reykjavik and everything is going on as normal. Didn’t even know it had happened. Been sat chilling in the sky lagoon all evening.
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Lucky thing. Sky lagoon is on my wish list. Depending upon prevailing winds it may impact you fairly soon.... there will be a tremendous amount of gas (sulphur dioxide). This makes your eyes sting (sulphuric acid in the eyes is a bit irritating). Hopefully the windare not blowing from the south east.
 
borolad259 said:
Lucky thing. Sky lagoon is on my wish list. Depending upon prevailing winds it may impact you fairly soon.... there will be a tremendous amount of gas (sulphur dioxide). This makes your eyes sting (sulphuric acid in the eyes is a bit irritating). Hopefully the windare not blowing from the south east.
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It would remind me of growing up in Boro
 
borolad259 said:
Lucky thing. Sky lagoon is on my wish list. Depending upon prevailing winds it may impact you fairly soon.... there will be a tremendous amount of gas (sulphur dioxide). This makes your eyes sting (sulphuric acid in the eyes is a bit irritating). Hopefully the windare not blowing from the south east.
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Boro lad are you a geologist? As I've learned Some new things om here today.
this board oa brilliant...us boro fans ars a knowledgeable lot ..
 
Ian Bairds Ears said:
Boro lad are you a geologist? As I've learned Some new things om here today.
this board oa brilliant...us boro fans ars a knowledgeable lot ..
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I am not a geologist by training, but have been involved with the study of volcanos for over a decade (as an amateur) and I am currently working in a related industry.
As an aside, my place in the north of sweden sits on the resurgent dome of an extinct supervolcano. Which gives me some part time fun prospecting for gold/minerals ... which areof course brought to the surface by volcanic activity.
 
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Update @Sammysmiths the prevailing winds as the eruption really kicked off were taking the gasses to the east/south east .... which is lucky, as it's a relatively unpopulated area. The fissure grew to 4 km in length. Thankfully, the largest portion of the lava also flowed in this direction.... away from the power plant and blue lagoon (though some has moved west).

The good news is that, with such a long fissure, the eruption should not go on too long. Normally it will end up concentrated in one or two spots (where the path is of least resistance).
Longer term, there is a risk that the fissure (which extends south west through a portion of Grindavik) will open up further along in that direction.

We are at the start of an eruptive phase on the peninsula, which will likely be ongoing for at least 100 years. So there is likely to be much more of this in the coming years.

here's the first drone footage filmed late last night
 
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We're in Reykjavik too, no fuss here really. We're driving east today, there's a feint peach glow in the sky south, apparently you could see it brighter last night. For anyone interested with Instagram give @gunnargunnar a look up as he has some interesting photos.

As a side note, I met a group of locals in a bar on Sunday. Noted 2 had familiar accents.. turns out 2 ex pats from Berwick hills and their mates on their Xmas do. Hell of a hangover as a result. We really do get everywhere don't we
 
On our way to the south shore as I type this. The driver has said that the winds are favourable and very little risk to life or infrastructure. Everything is going about normal. Home tomorrow.
 
borolad259 said:
I am not a geologist by training, but have been involved with the study of volcanos for over a decade (as an amateur) and I am currently working in a related industry.
As an aside, my place in the north of sweden sits on the resurgent dome of an extinct supervolcano. Which gives me some part time fun prospecting for gold/minerals ... which areof course brought to the surface by volcanic activity.
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Mate that is so interesting...I watch all the gold seeking programmes on discovery...
The thrill of finding gold valuable minerals must be pretty fantastic.
Sounds like you live a great life boro lad..👍
 
Ian Bairds Ears said:
Mate that is so interesting...I watch all the gold seeking programmes on discovery...
The thrill of finding gold valuable minerals must be pretty fantastic.
Sounds like you live a great life boro lad..👍
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@Ian Bairds Ears those bits of it are fun. Other bits, not so much. Same as most people.

If you're into that gold exploration and geology stuff, there are a couple of youtube channels that are very informative.
Ask Jeff Williams https://www.youtube.com/@Askjeffwilliams in particular, his videos on geology and where to find gold.

and

911 mining https://www.youtube.com/@911mining

They are what are known in the mining industry as "Junior Explorers". They go out into the wilderness and find new mineral resources ... sampling etc
Then they sell the rights on to mining companies. They also do contract work for mining companies.
Really great channel with an amazing archive.

When I am in Sweden, I go out doing field work with a mate who is a geologist/explorer in the same vein (mining pun for you there).
 
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borolad259 said:
@Ian Bairds Ears those bits of it are fun. Other bits, not so much. Same as most people.

If you're into that gold exploration and geology stuff, there are a couple of youtube channels that are very informative.
Ask Jeff Williams https://www.youtube.com/@Askjeffwilliams in particular, his videos on geology and where to find gold.

and

911 mining https://www.youtube.com/@911mining

They are what are known in the mining industry as "Junior Explorers". They go out into the wilderness and find new mineral resources ... sampling etc
Then they sell the rights on to mining companies. They also do contract work for mining companies.
Really great channel with an amazing archive.

When I am in Sweden, I go out doing field work with a mate who is a geologist/explorer in the same vein (mining pun for you there).
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Thanks mate...very helpful
 
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