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Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by gojomo »

ajxs wrote: post #9
gojomo wrote: post #4

Here's a good 4-feed live multiview, with the submitted feed in it's lower-left quadrant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804nPrAUAxg If you scrub back to 22:17:15 (on the embedded video clocks), you can see the initial eruption caught. At a time like 00:12:26, you can see the camera with the best view rattle as if by a quake – which then appears in the quake log, lower-right.

Do you mean 22:17:15? Thank you for posting this! The moment of the eruption is really amazing to watch!

Oops, yes, corrected, thanks!

Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by gojomo »

NoboruWataya wrote: post #11

Is there a significant chance this turns into another Eyjafjallajökull situation with huge disruption to global travel, just in time for Christmas?

Not really. While there's danger to local infrustructure, this area & eruption is more likely to remain a (series of) ground lava flows, without explosive ejection of ash to high altitudes, at high volumes – as would be required to significantly disrupt air traffic.

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Post by runarberg »

NoboruWataya wrote: post #11

Is there a significant chance this turns into another Eyjafjallajökull situation with huge disruption to global travel, just in time for Christmas?

Not a volcanologist but I have been following this for awhile. My answer is no. The only chance of something like that happen is if the eruption moves under the sea. This particular hot spot is very reluctant to under sea eruptions. During magma intrusion the dyke extended a lot and reached passed the town and beneath the sea floor, so was a very slim chance of an under sea eruption for a minute there. However the dyke stopped extending soon there after and has since solidified in any under sea portions of it.

Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by nukenuke »

runarberg wrote: post #8

My home town made it to the front page of HN. I don’t live there any more but my family does. I visited last November during the major seismic activity and the town was evacuated. My family found a safe harbor at our extended family in a nearby town ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38225019 ). One local “correction” from most media (including the Icelandic media). The mountain (or hill rather) closest to the er…

Do you know the GPS location where the eruption is happening?

Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by runarberg »

nukenuke wrote: post #16
runarberg wrote: post #8

My home town made it to the front page of HN. I don’t live there any more but my family does. I visited last November during the major seismic activity and the town was evacuated. My family found a safe harbor at our extended family in a nearby town ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38225019 ). One local “correction” from most media (including the Icelandic media). The mountain (or hill rather) closest to the er…

Do you know the GPS location where the eruption is happening?

The fissure is still growing and is about 4 km now, and I’ve been following along the national radio RÚV[1]. There is a map of the fissure and the live stream angles there[2] (hopefully the link works). Based on it looks like the southern reach is near Gálgaklettar (N 63° 52' 4", W 22° 24' 20") and the northern reach is passed Stóra Skógarfell (N 63° 53' 53", W 22° 21' 39").

1: https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2023-12-18-gossprungan-or...

2: https://dankxip1iu8u9.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiAicnV2LXB...

Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by whycome »

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #18

This is naturally much, much bigger than the eruption in Fagradalsfjall...the fissure is about 2.8 to 6 kilometers long and still growing. https://www-mbl-is.translate.goog/frettir/erlent/2023/12/19/...

If you scrub the live stream you can watch the fissure expand.
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