The story is worth a look. Unclear to me from this what the relation between the fissure eruption and the volcano under 850 m of ice. Seems there are 2 volcanoes acting up in different places (although that is not how it is worded)?
(09-20-2014, 09:52 PM)Island Chris Wrote: [ -> ]Unclear to me from this what the relation between the fissure eruption and the volcano under 850 m of ice. Seems there are 2 volcanoes acting up in different places (although that is not how it is worded)?
Yikes, looked at your link. Past eruption volumes of tens of km; similar to Krakatau (except probably basalt more than explosion. Would be cool to see current eruption in person.
Scroll down to the video of flying over the lava flows and vents by helicopter.
Yikes!
Chris
Direct link to video on YouTube:
My first thought was wondering what they were flying. I just hope it was a twin engine heli in case of and engine out situation. No place to safely land. (I flight sim a lot, including helis).
Then seeing the lava fountain.... totally surreal. Looked like something from a disaster movie. Almost looks fake because of the sheer scale of the eruption.
Don't feel like working (Sunday morning) so I went to look for recent video of the eruption. The link is "live", so does not get more recent than that. There is also a GPS elevation plot and an earthquake plot, presumably live.