Another Volcano Eruption in Iceland

Tar.Aldarion

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13487858

Iceland's most active volcano, Grimsvotn, has started erupting, scientists say.

The volcano, which lies under the Vatnajokull glacier in south-east Iceland, last erupted in 2004.

In 2010, plumes of ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused weeks of air travel chaos across Europe.

Scientists say the latest eruption is unlikely to cause similar problems, although it may trigger localised flooding.

Volcanic eruptions are common in Iceland, which lies along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that divides the Eurasian and North American continental plates.

Icelandic Meteorological Office geologist Hjorleifur Sveinbjornsson told Reuters that Grimsvotn had thrown a plume of white smoke about 15km (nine miles) into the air.

"It can be a big eruption, but it is unlikely to be like last year," he added.

Last year's outpouring of ash from Eyjafjallajokull led to the largest closure of European airspace since World War II.

About 10 million travellers were affected and some questioned whether the shutdown was an over-reaction.

However, a scientific study published last month said the safety concerns had been well founded.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Iceland said ash particles from the early part of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption were especially abrasive, posing a possible threat to aircraft.

It probably won't be as bad as the one in 2010 they think, the great ash disaster of Eyjafjallajokullajdajfhakjklollopops but I wonder might it cause some flights to be cancelled, it's only beginning. Although there are probably a good few smaller eruptions in Iceland?

cml387

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Eyjafjallajokullajdajfhakjklollopops

Are you absolutely sure that's how it was spelled?

Scuid Mhór

RAPTURE COMING

is this the end of the world?
is it party time?

Mint Sauce

Is it 6 o'clock by any chance in Iceland.

randylonghorn

cml387 wrote: »

Are you absolutely sure that's how it was spelled?

Of course he is, he mods Spell Czechs!!

themadchef

Pun for your lives!

--LOS--

keep your damn eruptions to your own filthy forum :mad:

Mint Sauce

Its all just a bit of hot air.























































I'll show my self out.

Kevin Duffy

Which branch of Iceland?

Chris P. Bacon

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

RAPTURE COMING

Exactly what i said earlier

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72347860&postcount=217

Scuid Mhór

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Exactly what i said earlier

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72347860&postcount=217

Great minds think alike and fools seldom differ.

Jesus Wept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

theboss80

Holidays in 2 weeks.Insurance bought just there including volcano ash disruption. Stick that in your volcano and smoke it Iceland

Kojak

Why is it Iceland that is always causing trouble with volcanos, travel disruption etc.??

Maybe if they got Kerry Katona to move up there for a while she could quieten them down with her "mums go to Icleand" crap.

chucken1

An eruption began at Grímsvötn volcano at approximately 17:30 UTC, May 21st 2011.
Eruptions in Grímsvötn start as subglacial eruptions, which quickly break the ice cover. At 21:00 UTC, the eruption plume had risen to an altitude of over 65,000 ft (~20 km). Initially, the plume is expected to drift to the east and subsequently to the north. Thus, the ash is not expected to impact aviation in Europe, at least not during the first 24 hours.

Ahhh expected to drift far awayyy? It wont?
....Not expected to impact aviation in Europe etc

It will. Wont it?

WhiteRussian

'Local flooding might happen'. Would this be lava floods or water floods? And if water floods, how?

Agent Smith

Kojak wrote: »

Maybe if they got Kerry Katona to move up there for a while she could quieten them down with her "mums go to Icleand" crap.

we could use her to plug the volcano!

stupidusername

Yeah look I think it's about time we just got rid of iceland,what say ye.

irishleedsfan

Cue Harold Camping jumping out screaming 'I MEANT TOMORROW SERIOUSLY'

Lirange

Fimm A Richter

busyliving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

Das Kitty

WhiteRussian wrote: »

'Local flooding might happen'. Would this be lava floods or water floods? And if water floods, how?

Water. There's a great big glacier sitting on top of it that will melt from the heat. There are massive volcanic flood planes at the base from one of the last times it erupted and the road is on stilts so it won't have to close.

kiwi123

Damn volcano better not ruin my summer of travel again!

Ah I suppose Drogheda and Prague are one and the same really

sleepyescapade

Holidays and flights booked to Thailand for Friday...this volcano better not get worse.

losthorizon

been to iceland twice.... I LOVE ICELAND. ITS GREAT

stupidusername

losthorizon wrote: »

been to iceland twice.... I LOVE ICELAND. ITS GREAT

Your love wont stop the volcano now!

blacktalons

May 21, 2011 – ICELAND – Iceland’s Meteorological Office confirmed Saturday that an eruption had begun, and local media said smoke could be seen coming from the volcano. Grimsvotn lies under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland. It last erupted in 2004. Scientists have been expecting a new eruption and have said previously that this volcano’s eruption will likely be small and should not lead to the air travel chaos caused in April 2010 by ash from the Eyjafjallajokul volcano. -USA Today

History: Grímsvötn, Iceland’s most frequently active volcano in historical time lies largely beneath the vast Vatnajökull icecap. The caldera lake is covered by a 200-m-thick ice shelf, and only the southern rim of the 6 x 8 km caldera is exposed. The geothermal area in the caldera causes frequent jökulhlaups (glacier outburst floods) when melting raises the water level high enough to lift its ice dam. Long NE-SW-trending fissure systems extend from the central volcano. The most prominent of these is the noted Laki (Skaftar) fissure, which extends to the SW and produced the world’s largest known historical lava flow during an eruption in 1783. The 15-cu-km basaltic Laki lavas were erupted over a 7-month period from a 27-km-long fissure system. Extensive crop damage and livestock losses caused a severe famine that resulted in the loss of one-fifth of the population of Iceland.

TaraFoxglove

If the end of the world is nigh, why on Earth are we not all naked and in a big pile having sex with each other?

They have imposed a ban on local flights.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13489944

m@cc@

WhiteRussian wrote: »

'Local flooding might happen'. Would this be lava floods or water floods? And if water floods, how?

ICE-land + extreme heat=?

I'm sure you can take it from here.

Kevin Duffy

TaraFoxglove wrote: »

If the end of the world is nigh, why on Earth are we not all naked and in a big pile having sex with each other?

YOU might not be, but my congregation and I on the other hand....are putting our other hand to good use.

stupidusername

TaraFoxglove wrote: »

If the end of the world is nigh, why on Earth are we not all naked and in a big pile having sex with each other?

Am no thanks

TaraFoxglove

stupidusername wrote: »

Am no thanks

C'mon, it'll be fun!!!

stupidusername

TaraFoxglove wrote: »

C'mon, it'll be fun!!!

I'll do it! Only if I can be the woman though.

KyussBishop

Heh, I remember this from the last time round:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mHZgP9vkc

Lirange

I hate it too. Rip-off city. I try to avoid shopping there meself.

je55ie

Ash Plume Reaches 50 Thousand Feet
Plume can now be seen from Reykjavík

The ash plume rising from the Grímsvötn eruption under Vatnajökull glacier has reached a height of 50 thousand feet, according to Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV. It can now reportedly be seen from Reykjaví

polyfusion

Some MODIS Terra and Aqua fly-overs from earlier today:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/single.php?T111421300
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/single.php?A111421315

You can see Ireland and Scotland/England to the bottom of the Aqua image.

daithi09

Holidays booked for the canaries for sat the 28th of may,.. I won't be going, will I?:(

je55ie

daithi09 wrote: »

Holidays booked for the canaries for sat the 28th of may,.. I won't be going, will I?:(

Ah you will ... hopefully it wont be like last year, they are saying so far it wont so keep positive

Run_to_da_hills

Looks like Katla is showing signs of movement.

This is the mother of Icelandic Volcanoes.

Icelandic volcano even bigger than the one that shut down European air travel when it erupted in 2010 is showing signs of activity, scientists say

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/04/10/Huge-Iceland-volcano-showing-activity/UPI-86391334102799/

charlietheminxx

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Looks like Katla is showing signs of movement.

This is the mother of Icelandic Volcanoes.

Icelandic volcano even bigger than the one that shut down European air travel when it erupted in 2010 is showing signs of activity, scientists say

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/04/10/Huge-Iceland-volcano-showing-activity/UPI-86391334102799/

Shit.

old_aussie

Hope they put a carbon tax on that volcano

up for anything

Read this and stop fretting.

stevenmu

I wish there was some way I could subscribe to Run_to_da_hills' posts, they're like a daily feed of what global catastrophes are currently trying to kill me. I can't wait to see what tomorrow's will be, my bet is a giant asteroid.

Voodoo_rasher

out

icelandreview.com

link on volcanoes RHS.

up for anything

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Looks like Katla is showing signs of movement.

This is the mother of Icelandic Volcanoes.

Icelandic volcano even bigger than the one that shut down European air travel when it erupted in 2010 is showing signs of activity, scientists say

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/04/10/Huge-Iceland-volcano-showing-activity/UPI-86391334102799/

You should change your reading matter to Eruptions Blog.

Temptamperu

Iceland's most active volcano erupts

Shocking.

testicle

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Looks like Katla is showing signs of movement.

No it isn't.

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

This is the mother of Icelandic Volcanoes.

Icelandic volcano even bigger than the one that shut down European air travel when it erupted in 2010 is showing signs of activity, scientists say

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/04/10/Huge-Iceland-volcano-showing-activity/UPI-86391334102799/

You seem to forget Katla erupted in 2011. Also, see this - http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/ - nowt out of the ordinary happening here...

Run_to_da_hills

testicle wrote: »

No it isn't.



You seem to forget Katla erupted in 2011. Also, see this - http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/ - nowt out of the ordinary happening here...

Talk To Andy Hooper, he's the expert.