La Palma, Canary Islands - Volcano Thread

Kermit.de.frog

I thought it was funny. 😁

Ejecta being projected everywhere big distances like missiles atm. Crazy explosive activity.

phonypony

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118129799#Comment_118129799

A rare and civil retort (Itssoeasy) and apology (Champagne Sally) on Boards. Why can't all users be like this?

pad199207

Looks like further earthquake shaking there

Kermit.de.frog

As awesome as this is to watch tonight must be quite frightening for anyone remotely close to that area. You can only wish them the best.

It's unfortunate something so interesting and fascinating comes with such loss too 🙁

This is violent activity tonight from the cone, no two ways about it.

pad199207

That looks quite frightening now tbh

Kermit.de.frog

I think it's fair to say this is the most violent activity I have seen from it yet, and i've been following it more than most.

pad199207

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118129879#Comment_118129879

Certainly agree with that

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118129799#Comment_118129799

Taking offence ? How ? I’m in awe of @Kermit.de.frog and his doing the work he’s doing.

pad199207

The distance of the ejections is mad now.

I think you can hear them landing closer now

Kermit.de.frog

I think the most worrying thing about tonight is that there is clearly a healthy amount of explosive gasses in these explosions. Some of these are absolutely enormous. It's like the eruption only started tonight and it's worse than what we have seen so far. The explosive gases are the first thing that is suppose to expire apparently.

We have seen plenty of plasma being flung in to the air to great heights before - but not quite like this. This is going everywhere.

pad199207

Gone quiet all of a sudden 😯

Kermit.de.frog

Black smoke and ash is hiding the pyroclasts I think.

Still going strong and there is quite the angry lava fountain half way down.

Kermit.de.frog

Bloody hell, makes you wonder how long the cone can contain this in it's current form

Lower lava vent really kicking off

Kermit.de.frog

A LOT quieter today. Hopes rising the eruption may be coming to an end.

Latest here

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/lapalma/sep2021seismic-crisis/current-activity.html

The activity at the vents continues to decrease gradually, at least visually and audibly. Residents reported less explosions and less intense degassing noises. Explosions at the vent are intermittent and no longer as vigorous as before although ash emissions seemed to have picked up in the morning again.

On the webcam, it can be seen that lava emission continues, but also seems less vigorous. Some of it forms active lava flows on the lower flanks of the cone, overlapping older flows.

Volcanic tremor has remained at similar levels as yesterday, but continued to decrease overall. Hopes are emerging that the eruption might be approaching an end although this is still too early to be certain of.

A pair of two quakes with magnitudes 4.5 and 4.6 occurred last afternoon at 5.07 p.m. at approx. 38 depth within 10 seconds from each other, but so far, there seems not to be any significant change with other parameters (e.g. eruption intensity) that clearly correlates.

It is not known what the exact significance of these and other quakes is at the moment. Whether it is caused by an injection of new magma at depth, or gravitational adjustments perhaps caused by the depletion of magma from there or something else, is speculation. It might become clearer in the future (likely some time after the eruption ends), when the data currently collected by scientists will be more complete and when models will be made that can match the various data with the observations. For now, one can just wait and see...

We've been here before but fingers crossed it's for real this time.

Kermit.de.frog

Fires underway on this stream atm. Lava prob enter new area. Volcano still quiet but lava continues to flow from it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vQzqXYLyMC4

Kermit.de.frog

A lot of lava now entering the sea in the vid above!

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1OopmOXnys&ab_channel=Noticia

Here is clearer view of the top

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcXz_06pefY&ab_channel=TVLaPalma

After a couple of days of relative calm with very little activity, apart from some lava flows, this appears to be increasing in intensity tonight again. The fountains at the cone are back. There has been an increased frequency in earthquakes today compared to previous days.

Kermit.de.frog

New lava stream reached the ocean today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k-LaBMm0YrE

Here it is tonight.

https://mobile.twitter.com/LaPalmaErupcion/status/1458183418043326466

Though I don't think it's touched the sea water yet

EDIT: anyone watching the live stream there was random explosive burst on the side of the mountain just now. Screen shot...

Meteorite58

And it keeps trundling along this evening.

https://twitter.com/involcan/status/1458507541936316418?s=20

Kermit.de.frog

Getting going again tonight at the cone too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXqx7WdLcKU&ab_channel=TVLaPalma

A lot of the lava is going straight in to lava tubes for the moment from the cone and coming out near the base. That could change quickly though. There have been 2,605 buildings destroyed so far during the eruption, vast majority by the lava flows. Others were destroyed being built on top of where vents emerged and became part of the cinder cone closer to the beginning and others by ash.

https://twitter.com/BushcraftBearLP/status/1458537879999758344

Kermit.de.frog

Lava entering the sea tonight.

For now, back at the cone, it seems to be going at a consistent velocity. A lot of lava exiting lava tubes from the base of the volcano though.

Live stream of the cone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9hIRug8BJg&ab_channel=TVLaPalma

juno10353

Amazing

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10192693/Beekeepers-discover-thousands-bees-SURVIVED-buried-volcanic-ash-FIFTY-days-La-Palma.html&ved=2ahUKEwjjo5rP6pH0AhXSsaQKHXoLCskQFnoECBIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2GJuc3JEYFf-wnDlkRdHxJ

Kermit.de.frog

As you were in relation to this. Been consistent lower level activity at the cone last few days. Nothing spectacular.

There was another magnitude 5 earthquake around 9 am this morning. No one able to identify the significance of the quakes for the eruption at the surface.

I see more houses on fire on the live stream atm. The issue, I think, is the lava streams keep escaping their paths every now and again.

A mix of good and bad.

teddybones

quite impressive pressure at the main vent

Kermit.de.frog

Yeah that started this afternoon. No visible impact on lava outflow so far at the surface. Should look good at night.

Stream 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUyPMnV264w&ab_channel=afarTV

Stream 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9hIRug8BJg&ab_channel=TVLaPalma

Stream 3, multiple views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5y-m25a6Fc&ab_channel=Noticia

Kermit.de.frog

Nothing much to report today. Lava continued to flow through predefined channels. The cone is flaring up again tonight. A lot of ash continues to be emitted which can often block the view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQvQx45gsWk&ab_channel=TVLaPalma

Cool volcanic lightning to be seen there too.

teddybones

Mad lightning now! Loads and loads

calmed down now but was epic for ten minutes

Kermit.de.frog

Never a dull day...the heat from the lava channels promoting the air above it to spin occasionally.

https://twitter.com/ElTimeLaPalma/status/1460267053886042117

pad199207

Sure why not? 🤣

Looks to be a lot pressure in the vent this morning

Kermit.de.frog

A lot of ash being pumped out today. It's hard to tell during daylight but sounds quite active. The fountains were going strong overnight as well.

teddybones

More activity earthquake wise. Lots since 9pm.

Woke up to see it was a very, very busy night for earthquakes! Lava must be on the move up. No end in sight for the people of La Palma it would seem.

Kermit.de.frog

The Earthquakes are much shallower too. A big increase overnight. Wait and see at the surface...

Kermit.de.frog

One quake after another at the moment in the range broadly 2.5 to 3.8 magnitude and at much shallower depth than recent days, around 10 - 15km. Previously it was 30km +.

The surge is so big this could be near record or a new record for earthquakes today if the pace continues.

Also one of the lava tunnels got blocked overnight and lava now flows a different direction from the base but thankfully over mostly already affected land.

Be interesting to see what the result of this barrage of seismicity will be in the coming hours.

Edit: 164 earthquakes so far since midnight.

A 4.8 now...depth 35 km.

https://twitter.com/IGN_Sismologia/status/1460956997893951492

Kermit.de.frog

Vigorous ash expulsion from the cone at the moment (volcanic lightning too). The earthquakes coming thick and fast but unknown among the pros how this will play out at the surface. We don't have long to find out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyB_vZCUBFo&ab_channel=TVLaPalma

Multiple angles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbORpVpn9wk&ab_channel=Noticia

In terms of pace well on course for a record number of earthquakes today even including the beginning of the eruption so something is happening...

Scale of increase in earthquakes so far today...

Kermit.de.frog

Just seeing some big fountains starting to emerge from the cone intermittedly between the sulfur dioxide on the live streams. Looks like could be the start of new activity with all these earthquakes. This could be an interesting night.

Kermit.de.frog

Getting more explosive at the top of the cone...

pad199207

Certainly is.

Kermit.de.frog

Latest number of earthquakes today. 3 hours, 30 minutes to go to break the record for the eruption.

Going strong at the top but no camera focused on the cone atm

On a separate note I see Volcanologists are A-list celebrities now. Poor man 😂

teddybones

Have anxiety as no cameras trained on the cone! If anyone has links? All the usual sources focussed on the lava flow. Later on could be epic on account of the seismic craziness taking place today. And I don’t wanna miss it.

Kermit.de.frog

Here! 😎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbORpVpn9wk&ab_channel=Noticia

Kermit.de.frog

The top of the volcano really getting going now. Two active vents there now and the ash has more or less stopped. The noise has increased markedly in the last hour.

This guy has been doing great on location reporting from the start, here is the latest from him tonight. I highly recommend his daily vids. As an aside it looks like today broke the record for the number of earthquakes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNnipkmsJk&ab_channel=BushcraftBear

Kermit.de.frog

Big lava fountain just burst open at the cone

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vOOFYJK9Ju0

Kermit.de.frog

Two large lava streams pouring out.

Kermit.de.frog

First meaningful rain in the area tonight since the volcano started. It is absolutely belting down at the moment and there are warnings out for the effects of Ash mixed with heavy rainfall, landslides and floods.

Ash mixed with rain can become as heavy as concrete so roof or even building collapse is another concern.

Most views blocked by rising steam.

Kermit.de.frog

A new vent at the front of the cone that was spewing lava yesterday (see pics above) is now pumping out ash for the first time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PzlRv9ePoaE

If it's an ash vent now then the lava will have to find a new exit soon presumably? Or maybe it will just be intersperse between the two...

Kermit.de.frog

Ah there we go

It's going full Krakatoa 😋

pad199207

Plenty of steam coming off it

Looks like a pretty substantial overflow of lava now all of a sudden

Kermit.de.frog

Here comes the magma...keep an eye on that crater

Kermit.de.frog

Lava now overflowing the crater. Can see two lava fountains.

pad199207

Decent speed to that lava flow 😯