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Post by bamboozled »

saevarom wrote: post #58

I live in Reykjavik, west side and close to the ocean. From the coast line there it is about 35km or 22 miles direct line of sight to the eruption site. I went out about 1 hour and 15 minutes after the eruption started and saw the lava flow about 100-150m in the air with my bare eyes. I've seen a few eruptions but they are always mesmerizing! A (not very good) photo I took: https://imgur.com/a/Yc2apSu

The aerial footage is absolutely mesmerizing and beautiful IMO. I'm jealous as I'd love to see at least some of the real thing.

Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by gala8y »

bowsamic wrote: post #59
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.

Unfortunately you can only look back 12 hours on youtube so we can't see this anymore

3 mins snapshot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qFtTYhn2E

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Post by saevarom »

saevarom wrote: post #58

I live in Reykjavik, west side and close to the ocean. From the coast line there it is about 35km or 22 miles direct line of sight to the eruption site. I went out about 1 hour and 15 minutes after the eruption started and saw the lava flow about 100-150m in the air with my bare eyes. I've seen a few eruptions but they are always mesmerizing! A (not very good) photo I took: https://imgur.com/a/Yc2apSu

Here is a video taken from the coast guard helicopter science flight around 1,5 hours after the eruption started:

https://www.visir.is/k/3260696d-37f9-4160-9b6a-3862fea52cb8-...

Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by saevarom »

TheAlchemist wrote: post #63

Absolutely amazing spectacle ! On the current footage, I have no idea of the scale though - it looks huge but at the same time the terrain around looks like a miniature.

The fissure length at its maximum is thought to be around 4km in length, about 2.5 miles. The output has diminshed and the webcam is zoomed in on the most active part right now, which is probably not more than a few hundred meters.

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Post by johngossman »

hef19898 wrote: post #57
hef19898 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are going to Iceland in a coupke of days. Fingers crossed we don't have a strike and an erruption that can be savely photographed.

Reply to myself: This eruption, unlike thebone before it, is not considered "tourist friendly", so no volcano shots. Either way, most important thing is that there are no cassualties and property damage is minimal.

I am in Iceland now. The ATC strike has been in the morning, delaying flights 4-5 hours but not cancelling them. Flights are still coming in and out today. Last night another guest at our hotel saw the eruption from the plane.

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Post by johngossman »

paul7986 wrote: post #36

Interesting there are a Lots of Iceland posts on hacker news. Im guessing tons of tech people from all over the world have visited and fell in love with Iceland too! Though heads up going there to see the northern lights is all about luck unless you stay for weeks to months. Be cool see the lights and this active volcano in the opposite direction of each other :)

The aurora is very active this year. We’ve seen it in twice in six days. Friends saw it the first night. Iceland Met has an Aurora forecast based n solar conditions and cloud cover

https://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/aurora/

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Post by indigochill »

saevarom wrote: post #58

I live in Reykjavik, west side and close to the ocean. From the coast line there it is about 35km or 22 miles direct line of sight to the eruption site. I went out about 1 hour and 15 minutes after the eruption started and saw the lava flow about 100-150m in the air with my bare eyes. I've seen a few eruptions but they are always mesmerizing! A (not very good) photo I took: https://imgur.com/a/Yc2apSu

Ha, we might be neighbors. I took a pretty similar picture from Sörlaskjól. I just happened to be chilling for the evening when I saw the red glow on the horizon and snapped a picture just as it started going up: https://imgur.com/xLZqcqO

Re: Grindavik [video]

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Post by pbronez »

hax0ron3 wrote: post #43

This eruption has caused me to re-read Pliny the Younger's words on the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD: http://www.pompeii.org.uk/s.php/tour-the-two-letters-written... . Words that are worthy of reading both for their extremely vivid and personal description of something that, from our vantage point, happened a very long time ago, and for their eloquence.

First time I’ve encountered this as a primary (if translated) source, thanks for sharing
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