It's a bit worrisome to think about a possible major eruption of Laki like in 1783. That one not only killed so many Icelanders and their farm animals but also caused a lot of suffering in Europe and even in Asia. Some speculated that the French revolution was ultimately triggered by the misery of low harvests that were caused by Laki for several years in Europe. The last thing we can afford now - with the extreme energy crisis due to the conflict in Ukraine plus stupid energy policies - to have also a volcanic winter with horrendous freezing and not enough gas and oil to heat. So please give my best regards and talk to the gnomes, fairies and Huldufólk(?) of Iceland and ask them to wait a few years, until things look a little better in Europe.
Some also speculate that the end of Napoleon was due to climatic effects of the 1815 eruption of Tambora. So it would be interesting if the whole thing was in some way started and ended by volcanic effects.
Benjamin Franklin was the first U.S.Ambassador in Paris at the time of the Laki eruption in 1783. He wrote about the volcanic eruption and the smoke and ashes that covered all of Europe that year. He referred to Hekla, but in fact it was Laki. The ash cloud that covered Europe the years after the eruption was indeed considered to be the reason for the famine and lack of harvest and was considered to have started the French revolution in 1789. The smoke that came from the Laki eruption was felt all the way to Marseille in France.
Grimsvötn(shieldvolcano) can't compared with Laki(basalt flow), different types of volcanoes. There are a few shieldvolcanoes in the area connected to the same hotspot. Grimsvötn had an eruption in 1936 and a few in the 20th and early 21st centuries. As she, like quite few others, is situated underneath the Vatnajökuhl glacier, eruption tend to be phreatomagmatic and they often produce jökulhlaups(flash floods). There is a link with Bardarbunga, probably a connection between both magmachambers.
@@reginahardardottir8396 Fascinating history. I wasn't aware of the ash cloud over Europe back then. Thanks for your info. Best wishes for all Icelanders. Cheers, Bob (Syracuse, NY)
From what I've read the 1783 Laki eruption wasn't only a catastrophe for Icelanders. It's very possible that a host of major world events ensued due to the climate/famine effects, not least the French Revolution of 1789! Do you guys often discuss the outsized effects on world history your little "Volcanic Island, Iceland" has had?
@@christianbuczko1481 Yes, and due to the ruined harvests, as a result of the volcanic fallout, even more people got pushed into misery due to starvation and famine due to being underfed. Autorities were powerless, but still, the thing was that the Elite, especially the French Bourgeoise, was górging itself in wealth and prestige, where the population was starving, and mocked for every 'rule they broke'.. and thát indeed led to the French Revolution.
Thank you so much for the exceptional quality of your videos and information - head and shoulders above any other RUclips channels covering these sorts of subjects in Iceland. Please know that your viewers notice and appreciate the effort you go to, your careful research and attention to detail.
False alarms are not necessarily false alarms...one only has to read about what happened at Martinique in 1902. I agree with your thesis - 2 eruptions this yr. Thanks for your great videos.
Incredible! For those who don't know--and aside from monitoring Gylfi's channel, the Icelandic MET, etc., Volcano Discovery does a great job monitoring earthquake and volcanic activity worldwide--there's even a free app--and also host a variety of volcanic excursions to several far-flung corners of the planet. If you're passionate about geological phenomena like myself (and apparently you are, lest you wouldn't be tuning in); it's just one more tool to monitor all things *Iceland*! I dare say that you, Gylfi, have the *best* channel on RUclips regarding the topic of your breathtaking country--I always look for your updates first and foremost each morning. Thank you, as always, Gylfi! ❤
i definitely would think that with so much unrest that Iceland is in a time of Greater Uncertainty. looking at some of the largest eruptions as a baseline for maximum potential, i can easily imagine multiple eruptions occurring at the same time or at least concurrently, with intervals between start and stop variable based on magma supply and effusion rates... with the new eruption in mera, which could go on for, a you said, a long time, i woudl be greatly interested in seeing what the authorities and geologists would say, considering the Very quick interval between the last two eruptions less than a kilometer form each other, within a year of each other... if that is the average rate of eruptions int he area, then could we see an eruption a year for a century? mind boggling possibility. could that with possibly eruption in Askja, Grimsvotn, and Hekla, and Katla, and who knows how many others are showing unrest and ground deformation. i think Iceland has a lot in store for us. i just hope all icelanders remain healthy in light of the gasses and such that will be released over time.
Sounds like things are building up into something quite dramatic. Whatever happens, I hope that all Icelanders are at a safe distance from any activity, whether volcanic or from the inevitable floods. Stay safe when out there investigating by car!
Thank you for your videos. I have been watching with interest for a while now, since the previous eruption. I was in Iceland in 2015 and went to the base of the glacier below Grímsvötn. I also live on the edge of a volcano, about three miles from the summit of Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
Thanks for the video and commentary, Gylfi. Such interesting and thought provoking comments here by your followers...great questions and speculations...what a knowledgeable group they are. Thanks for the links to your prior videos...I feel a binge watching session coming. As always...travel safely.
Loved the calamitous music at the end 😁 It does sound as if you and a few others might be quite busy in the not too distant future, so you might want to keep the music score just in case. I hope that there won't be any calamity and that ppl. and property will be safe but as you say it is not for us to tell mother nature what she can and can't do! 🤣
Interesting that it is perfectly acceptable to give credit to “mother nature” rather than admit that the Lord God Almighty still has to do with the affairs on this planet....Could it also be that He might just be angry with our sins and sorrowful that we don’t turn to Him? Maybe all these things that happen could be “wake up” calls?
"False alarms" should be considered to be either warnings or near misses. They aren't false because they have happened, and they are portents of something that may happen in the mid to near future. In the case of geological event that may mean in years or decades time (if not further into the future).
Thank you Gyfi...your video really gives a good overview of the situation...I do hope it will not come to have a dramatic outcome...the end of the video is drama enough... All the best from Scotland
A explosive eruption now could be a real bummer, if it stops the air traffic again. Then nobody can visit the Meradalir eruption either, which would be a pity. It would depent on the wind direction, of course, but it could happen.
A Laki scale eruption would be felt globally. Europe could forget about agriculture for two years… Africa could forget about eating for a similar period.
@@DeltadronesBr Sure you could go by ship, but its expensive and time consuming. Not many people would do that just for a bit of volcano watching, I guess.
I had researched Grimsvotn volcano15 years ago while I was preparing to visit Iceland with my college geology group. To think that it and 3 others could be, as you said, locked and loaded is amazing and exciting and quite frightening...I wish my advisor was still here to see this, she enjoyed Iceland and it's magmatism immensely! Many many thanks for keeping us up to date on ALL things volcanic!
Thank you for the update. Iceland is always a very interesting place. You never know what is going to happen next. Hope all is well with you and be safe in your travels. I am in Akureyri. We went to Asbyjgi The other day and if you visit Iceland and miss this area you need to come back because this is a unique area in Iceland. A small forest with lots of birch trees and a lake with ducks. Have a great day Linda and Ben
I put my money on Bardabunga, as you know. Much more unrest in the seismic data . The pressure is on the raise there and at Askja and Katla and , yes, at Hekla. The Grimsvötn is rumbling as usual. This old footages of the Grimsvötn are really beautiful. I am really concerned what is going on. Greetings from Germany.
If we get another one, I hope you find a way for us to view it without having to make long treks into the interior.. I heard the PolarSwans are particularly dangerous this time of year. 🤞
Left Iceland this morning. We have been watching the new eruption on our screens from very safe distance, visiting the Eastern fjords. When the volcanoes will give you some rest, we would be interested in your comments on this very nice part of iceland, from Djupivogur to Neskaupstaður and Borgarfjörður Eystri. Thumbs up for your channel!
Thanks a lot :) a shot I bit there last summer with my first drone but it wasn't good enough so I plan to go back, each and every town in Iceland will be featured in my town series by time :)
Sorry, my trigger finger was too fast. Thank you for not being overly dramatic. What can happen needs no extra drama. As always your photography and the scenery is beautiful.
I think that all geological events are "related" in Iceland. That's just to say that this is an exceptionally dynamic place at which multiple forces are always at work. They don't necessarily "work together", but undoubtedly they always affect each other to some degree. Thank you, Just Icelandic, for covering the many geological aspects of Iceland's geology so carefully, and for making these entertaining and illuminating videos. The only positive thing that might be gained by a major eruption would be a global drop in temperature. While respectful of what Reiner Wilhelms-Tricarico wrote below, that might be hard on some areas, but it might also bring relief to many others. (I do not wish for a major eruption.)
Yes wow, I was looking at the Eyjafjallajökull ash plume and the lightnings and I change my life, absolutely amazing, but I had a terrible camera back then :)
If the current eruption continues at the current 17 cubic meters per second, and releases 300 million cubic meters of lava minimum, it could last 204 days. That was Sunday's calculations. Today more like 194 days, minimum.
And then yestarday we were told it's just a matter of days before it hits the south coast road... so something is off there... I thing it's a matter of 2-4 weeks
@@JustIcelandic I wouldn't be surprised if it took just a few days or so. Firstly it took less than 5 days for the magma to reach the surface. Secondly the location. I thought it would be at the area where the highest uplift was, not at the old lava field. Third is the volume of the eruption. It took just under 9 days for Meradalir to be filled to the over spill level. Once it does go over the spill site the ground slopes downward by about 150 feet/meters in 4 kilometers or less.
gosh the suspense is killing me! If there should be another eruption I hope it won't louse up air traffic like Eyjafjallajökul did. (yes I actually learned how to write that name. It seems l learned. a lot of Icelandic words just by studying the volcanic landscape!) as for the end music of your video. -have you considered Jon Leifs compositions? Great Icelandic composer who wrote pieces about Geyser and Hekla amongst other bits. Might fit the videos well! :) Greetings from Germany
I gave it a thought one but it's the copyright that's the issue, but it would fit formally of my shots. But at later stages I might find the music first and edit around them but first a need a huge photo/video stock, and greetings to Germany :)
Grimsvotn was 0.2 cubic kilometers off a VEI 5 eruption in 2011, and the Volcano is already more inflated than it was back in 2011, so it'll be interesting to see the size of it's next eruption
I read this interview with an Icelandic volcanologist the other day but he can't find any proof it occurred in Iceland, he believes it was closer to the equator but you can give google translate a try on this article: www.visir.is/g/2018590905d
I have been surprised how tectonically quiet things have been in the northern coastal of Iceland. I'd go with 2 concurrent eruptions within a rolling 12 months, and that generally speaking, things are locked and loaded. And I'd agree that tectonically things are loaded too (your previous videos have highlighted at least two areas in south west as well as the history of big quakes in the northern coastal region and also the Askja area.
@@JustIcelandic Thought this was interesting that things have woken elsewhere too 'The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reports that for the first time in 1 000 years, volcanic eruptions spewing magma are believed to have taken place just off the southern coast of Ioto volcano, also known as Iwoto, Iwojima and Iojima.
Notice as news keeps talking about the Earth rotation speeding up, more volcanoes are erupting. Makes sense if you think about what happens if you filled a ball with liquid and spun it faster the fluid would push against the outer crust harder than before and weak spots would be under more pressure. Just a passing thought, I could be way off base, just seems with the increasing speed of rotation we're seeing more volcanic unrest.
I believe all of these systems are connected, and to some degree, I believe there is some sort of natural canal system with locks between these volcanoes (the locks and chambers need to top off, and then the convection moves on. You could imagine that the Reykjanes region and wider system has been filling up, and at a deeper level, excess magma moves forward topping off other systems and volcanoes long the fault/ridge line running through Iceland. Perhaps a reduction in convection flow causes the eruptions due to the pressure then having no other means of passage.
@@JustIcelandic oh yes. This will be much much worse. I meant it to say not like this friendlyish one of the past few years. One causing global disruptions from ash.
Lovely video but somewhat disturbing news, I suppose from what you have observed the inevitable will happen eventually, let's hope it will not be huge. Thank you.
The earthquakes might have created multiple cracks in the landscape around Grindavik and may also have increased pressure on other faultlines because of that movement I would guess. The Grimsvötn / Lakagigar faultline is pretty far away but hey, I'm no geologist
It will be something to see two volcanos going off at the same time, I hope if you do get a big earthquake, it's not going to do a lot of damage, it must be a worrying time for the people of Iceland, please stay safe.(is their a chance three could erupt in one year.what are the odds on that happening ?)
Thanks for mentioning the floods. I was wondering about that possibility when you said there was an eruption brewing on a glacier. Is flooding common in Iceland then?
I guess that these Volcanoes mostly straddle the plate boundaries so if there is some pressure pushing them apart at one point it might be possible that other parts also to start to separate ...until the pressure is released somewhere. Gromsvotn, Hekla and Katla I think are caused by subduction up flows so may only be being encouraged by the shaking from elsewhere.. I'm not an expert...just an enthusiastic amateur. I have my popcorn ready.
The aviation code for Grímsvötn has been yellow for a few days but looks like it went back to green last I checked. Maybe a simultaneous eruption might not happen?
that is the danger that you'll never know if it will happen or not. a risk for everyone living around. even on your island, the density of people living close to volcanoes is not as high as in other countries, but it is still bad enough. good luck that you were wrong and there won't be a second eruption of one of the mighty ones. greetings from Germany. I live close to a sleeping one the Laacher Lake.(Eifel volcano)
I know all of you have lived with this for a millennium and adapted to it. Is there a plan in place to deal with a possible tsunami caused by a nearby undersea quake or eruption?
No studies have been done as far as I know even though we know of tsunami risk from the thrones fracture zone: ruclips.net/video/XT-mPHb8F5g/видео.html but it's lack of funding I guess..
@@JustIcelandic A large part of disaster preparation is planning and can be done with volunteers.Here in the US most of our Emergency Services are staffed by trained on call volunteers. If you have such organizations there send them all an email and get the conversation started. If not start the conversation in chat rooms just to get the conversation started. The more people talking about it the better.
I keep asking is there a connection to all these volcanoes and fissures? like in Reykjanes now. The fissure there seems like its increasing pulsing are there live feeds from you on the Grimvotn? Its ike Kamchatka Russia if one starts soon the others will to. Is there a connection (Tectonic plates) with the canary Island. La Palma was starting during the Icelandic erruption last year.
Every year around this time we get more eruptions in Bardarbunga area under the glacier, I alway put it down as melt water from the summer months getting to the magma and creating explotions. One day I am sure that the explosions will cause a eruption on these volcanoes under the ice when the weight of the Ice is taken off by these explosions.
It's a bit worrisome to think about a possible major eruption of Laki like in 1783. That one not only killed so many Icelanders and their farm animals but also caused a lot of suffering in Europe and even in Asia. Some speculated that the French revolution was ultimately triggered by the misery of low harvests that were caused by Laki for several years in Europe. The last thing we can afford now - with the extreme energy crisis due to the conflict in Ukraine plus stupid energy policies - to have also a volcanic winter with horrendous freezing and not enough gas and oil to heat. So please give my best regards and talk to the gnomes, fairies and Huldufólk(?) of Iceland and ask them to wait a few years, until things look a little better in Europe.
We'll there has been a severe drought in large parts of Europe as well... not good.
Some also speculate that the end of Napoleon was due to climatic effects of the 1815 eruption of Tambora. So it would be interesting if the whole thing was in some way started and ended by volcanic effects.
Benjamin Franklin was the first U.S.Ambassador in Paris at the time of the Laki eruption in 1783. He wrote about the volcanic eruption and the smoke and ashes that covered all of Europe that year. He referred to Hekla, but in fact it was Laki. The ash cloud that covered Europe the years after the eruption was indeed considered to be the reason for the famine and lack of harvest and was considered to have started the French revolution in 1789. The smoke that came from the Laki eruption was felt all the way to Marseille in France.
Grimsvötn(shieldvolcano) can't compared with Laki(basalt flow), different types of volcanoes. There are a few shieldvolcanoes in the area connected to the same hotspot. Grimsvötn had an eruption in 1936 and a few in the 20th and early 21st centuries. As she, like quite few others, is situated underneath the Vatnajökuhl glacier, eruption tend to be phreatomagmatic and they often produce jökulhlaups(flash floods). There is a link with Bardarbunga, probably a connection between both magmachambers.
@@reginahardardottir8396 Fascinating history. I wasn't aware of the ash cloud over Europe back then. Thanks for your info. Best wishes for all Icelanders. Cheers, Bob (Syracuse, NY)
Bless Gylfi you are a wonderful content provider and do Iceland a great service!
Absolutely agree!!
Thanks a lot :) appreciated😁
Yes! Thank you for your channel and your hard work. Bob
From what I've read the 1783 Laki eruption wasn't only a catastrophe for Icelanders. It's very possible that a host of major world events ensued due to the climate/famine effects, not least the French Revolution of 1789!
Do you guys often discuss the outsized effects on world history your little "Volcanic Island, Iceland" has had?
Upwards of 35,000 are said to have died across europe as a direct result of the acid and pollution produced.
@@christianbuczko1481 Yes, and due to the ruined harvests, as a result of the volcanic fallout, even more people got pushed into misery due to starvation and famine due to being underfed. Autorities were powerless, but still, the thing was that the Elite, especially the French Bourgeoise, was górging itself in wealth and prestige, where the population was starving, and mocked for every 'rule they broke'.. and thát indeed led to the French Revolution.
@@christianbuczko1481 1/4th of human population got wiped out on Iceland.
@wildlife is the wealth of nature those arnt included in the 35,000 dead in europe. And doesnt include those killed by effects like war.
Here is a good link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki
Thank you so much for the exceptional quality of your videos and information - head and shoulders above any other RUclips channels covering these sorts of subjects in Iceland. Please know that your viewers notice and appreciate the effort you go to, your careful research and attention to detail.
G’day again from Sydney Australia
Thank you for all your informative material. The pictures are spectacularly beautiful.
Thank you! 😃
False alarms are not necessarily false alarms...one only has to read about what happened at Martinique in 1902. I agree with your thesis - 2 eruptions this yr. Thanks for your great videos.
Well said and thank you :)
Thks again for the informative updates. Take care and stay safe!
Thanks a lot and greetings from Iceland :)
Incredible! For those who don't know--and aside from monitoring Gylfi's channel, the Icelandic MET, etc., Volcano Discovery does a great job monitoring earthquake and volcanic activity worldwide--there's even a free app--and also host a variety of volcanic excursions to several far-flung corners of the planet. If you're passionate about geological phenomena like myself (and apparently you are, lest you wouldn't be tuning in); it's just one more tool to monitor all things *Iceland*!
I dare say that you, Gylfi, have the *best* channel on RUclips regarding the topic of your breathtaking country--I always look for your updates first and foremost each morning. Thank you, as always, Gylfi! ❤
what's the app called? I'm going there in a week...
@@abs0lutelyn0t Volcano Discovery
They also have a great site, have fun
@@peteralexanderlondon8290 thank you so much!
@@abs0lutelyn0t
Your welcome mylady
i definitely would think that with so much unrest that Iceland is in a time of Greater Uncertainty. looking at some of the largest eruptions as a baseline for maximum potential, i can easily imagine multiple eruptions occurring at the same time or at least concurrently, with intervals between start and stop variable based on magma supply and effusion rates... with the new eruption in mera, which could go on for, a you said, a long time, i woudl be greatly interested in seeing what the authorities and geologists would say, considering the Very quick interval between the last two eruptions less than a kilometer form each other, within a year of each other... if that is the average rate of eruptions int he area, then could we see an eruption a year for a century? mind boggling possibility. could that with possibly eruption in Askja, Grimsvotn, and Hekla, and Katla, and who knows how many others are showing unrest and ground deformation. i think Iceland has a lot in store for us. i just hope all icelanders remain healthy in light of the gasses and such that will be released over time.
I loved the “overdramatisation” at the end! 😂
Thanks :)
Sounds like things are building up into something quite dramatic. Whatever happens, I hope that all Icelanders are at a safe distance from any activity, whether volcanic or from the inevitable floods. Stay safe when out there investigating by car!
Thanks a lot and greetings from Iceland :)
Thank you for your videos. I have been watching with interest for a while now, since the previous eruption. I was in Iceland in 2015 and went to the base of the glacier below Grímsvötn. I also live on the edge of a volcano, about three miles from the summit of Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
😁 welcome
Thanks for the video and commentary, Gylfi. Such interesting and thought provoking comments here by your followers...great questions and speculations...what a knowledgeable group they are. Thanks for the links to your prior videos...I feel a binge watching session coming. As always...travel safely.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your kindness :)
Love the dramatic music you put behind the footage of the recent explosive eruption! It made me smile.
😁 welcome
Fascinating video! I really enjoy your updates!
Thanks a lot :)
Loved the calamitous music at the end 😁 It does sound as if you and a few others might be quite busy in the not too distant future, so you might want to keep the music score just in case. I hope that there won't be any calamity and that ppl. and property will be safe but as you say it is not for us to tell mother nature what she can and can't do! 🤣
Interesting that it is perfectly acceptable to give credit to “mother nature” rather than admit that the Lord God Almighty still has to do with the affairs on this planet....Could it also be that He might just be angry with our sins and sorrowful that we don’t turn to Him? Maybe all these things that happen could be “wake up” calls?
"False alarms" should be considered to be either warnings or near misses. They aren't false because they have happened, and they are portents of something that may happen in the mid to near future. In the case of geological event that may mean in years or decades time (if not further into the future).
Thank you Gyfi...your video really gives a good overview of the situation...I do hope it will not come to have a dramatic outcome...the end of the video is drama enough...
All the best from Scotland
Always welcome :)
Thank you!! So many interesting sites to keep our eyes on. Will definitely check out the links in this video! Stay safe!
Thank you! Will do 👍
A explosive eruption now could be a real bummer, if it stops the air traffic again. Then nobody can visit the Meradalir eruption either, which would be a pity. It would depent on the wind direction, of course, but it could happen.
You could go from Denmark by Ferry
A Laki scale eruption would be felt globally. Europe could forget about agriculture for two years…
Africa could forget about eating for a similar period.
@@DeltadronesBr Sure you could go by ship, but its expensive and time consuming. Not many people would do that just for a bit of volcano watching, I guess.
@@allangibson2408 Even something much smaller can be enough to paralyze the air traffic, as it happend some years ago.
@@petebeatminister My point is “much smaller” is at the low end of what that volcano has historically done.
Best reports .
Sakurajima explodes too ; Earth shakes ( angry ? )
Welcome :)
Thank you for the update, take care 👍👏❤️
Thank you! You too!
🌱🌏💚 Hellooo! 🙋🏻 Thank you for the updates. Much appreciated. Take care & be safe Iceland.
Kia Ora! ✌️
Thank you! You too!
Grateful for your updates on this geological shifting and change. Many blessings. Beautiful editing work.✌🏽🙏🏽🌈💙
Thank you kindly :)
Thank you 🙏
Welcome
there's hardly a more exciting time to visit Iceland! I can't wait! thanks a lot for this video :)
You got that right 😁✌️
Thank you! I have been enjoying your reports.
Mt pleasure and welcome :)
Thank you for your detailed and informative reports. Much appreciated.
Welcome
I had researched Grimsvotn volcano15 years ago while I was preparing to visit Iceland with my college geology group. To think that it and 3 others could be, as you said, locked and loaded is amazing and exciting and quite frightening...I wish my advisor was still here to see this, she enjoyed Iceland and it's magmatism immensely! Many many thanks for keeping us up to date on ALL things volcanic!
Thanks for sharing👍 and welcome :)
Thank you for the updates. I will be in Iceland the end of August. I'm excited to go back. Such a magical country.
Welcome back and greetings from Iceland :)
Fantastic opening shot! I love your photographic eye and the way you use the drone :)
😎🤠 thanks a ton
That was the one i was expecting by yur guide. Hope no one get caught in the water when it happens. 👍
Thanks always appreciate hearing from you.; )
Always welcome :)
Thank you for the update. Greeting from Nevada, USA.
Thanks for watching!
Super useful links in the description thanks!
😁 welcome
Oh God, you're scaring me, I'm flying to Finland from Scotland in a month's time, and this could seriously bugger things up, lol.
Don't worry, be happy :)
Thank you for the update. Iceland is always a very interesting place. You never know what is going to happen next. Hope all is well with you and be safe in your travels. I am in Akureyri. We went to Asbyjgi The other day and if you visit Iceland and miss this area you need to come back because this is a unique area in Iceland. A small forest with lots of birch trees and a lake with ducks. Have a great day Linda and Ben
Hope you are having a great time :)
I put my money on Bardabunga, as you know. Much more unrest in the seismic data . The pressure is on the raise there and at Askja and Katla and , yes, at Hekla. The Grimsvötn is rumbling as usual. This old footages of the Grimsvötn are really beautiful. I am really concerned what is going on. Greetings from Germany.
@JASAT XV95 Really? I will take a look on my earthquake side! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing :) this is looking more and more like a betting site around here 😁 plenty of hot options
Thanks so much for your information! Hope this one doesn't turn into a catastrophe!
Thank you :)
Such an exciting time in Iceland.
Yes and it just starting...wow
If we get another one, I hope you find a way for us to view it without having to make long treks into the interior.. I heard the PolarSwans are particularly dangerous this time of year. 🤞
No they are only aggressive during the breeding season😁
Sooo interesting!! I mean, one can only watch so much lava flowing....As always, thank you! With appreciation from Canada!
Glad you enjoy it!
Left Iceland this morning. We have been watching the new eruption on our screens from very safe distance, visiting the Eastern fjords. When the volcanoes will give you some rest, we would be interested in your comments on this very nice part of iceland, from Djupivogur to Neskaupstaður and Borgarfjörður Eystri. Thumbs up for your channel!
Thanks a lot :) a shot I bit there last summer with my first drone but it wasn't good enough so I plan to go back, each and every town in Iceland will be featured in my town series by time :)
Fabulous info of its history. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Cheers and be safe.
👍 welcome :)
Interesting and informative. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Volcanoes are very cool, but I will be honest, I watch these videos for the soothing accent.
😁 Love the end of the video.
😁♥️🤣🤣🤣
😁 welcome
Thankyou for sharing.
My pleasure
Gylfi: scares the life out of us with his narration
Also Gylfi: no reason to be scared
😭😂😆
Always welcome :)
Thanks for not over dramat
Sorry, my trigger finger was too fast. Thank you for not being overly dramatic. What can happen needs no extra drama. As always your photography and the scenery is beautiful.
Always welcome :)😁
😁
Interesting times!
Greetings from Iceland :)
Great video 🤗 plenty to discuss about this, perhaps a little too much for a comment section so I'll say thanks again. Very interesting
👍 welcome :)
I think that all geological events are "related" in Iceland. That's just to say that this is an exceptionally dynamic place at which multiple forces are always at work. They don't necessarily "work together", but undoubtedly they always affect each other to some degree. Thank you, Just Icelandic, for covering the many geological aspects of Iceland's geology so carefully, and for making these entertaining and illuminating videos. The only positive thing that might be gained by a major eruption would be a global drop in temperature. While respectful of what Reiner Wilhelms-Tricarico wrote below, that might be hard on some areas, but it might also bring relief to many others. (I do not wish for a major eruption.)
Zeba Knight You THINK they are related? It is PROVEN they are related. No thinking needed.
We would not complain if it gets warmer around here :)
@@Paul_C "I think" is just a non-didactic preface to making a statement. Oh, and I do think.
I like really the friendly campfire. But the Glacier/Grimsvötn could be interesting in other ways.
Yes wow, I was looking at the Eyjafjallajökull ash plume and the lightnings and I change my life, absolutely amazing, but I had a terrible camera back then :)
If the current eruption continues at the current 17 cubic meters per second, and releases 300 million cubic meters of lava minimum, it could last 204 days. That was Sunday's calculations. Today more like 194 days, minimum.
I hope so! Going in mid-October! And having missed the last one twice I am really hoping it is third time lucky.
And then yestarday we were told it's just a matter of days before it hits the south coast road... so something is off there... I thing it's a matter of 2-4 weeks
@@JustIcelandic I wouldn't be surprised if it took just a few days or so.
Firstly it took less than 5 days for the magma to reach the surface. Secondly the location. I thought it would be at the area where the highest uplift was, not at the old lava field.
Third is the volume of the eruption. It took just under 9 days for Meradalir to be filled to the over spill level. Once it does go over the spill site the ground slopes downward by about 150 feet/meters in 4 kilometers or less.
Overdramatic 1996 eruption was dramatic but the music takes it to the overdramatic status. 🤔🤗
You got that right 😁✌️
Imagine watching the Grimsvotn eruption on the top of Kristínartindar! Unreal!
gosh the suspense is killing me! If there should be another eruption I hope it won't louse up air traffic like Eyjafjallajökul did. (yes I actually learned how to write that name. It seems l learned. a lot of Icelandic words just by studying the volcanic landscape!) as for the end music of your video. -have you considered Jon Leifs compositions? Great Icelandic composer who wrote pieces about Geyser and Hekla amongst other bits. Might fit the videos well! :)
Greetings from Germany
I gave it a thought one but it's the copyright that's the issue, but it would fit formally of my shots. But at later stages I might find the music first and edit around them but first a need a huge photo/video stock, and greetings to Germany :)
Grimsvotn was 0.2 cubic kilometers off a VEI 5 eruption in 2011, and the Volcano is already more inflated than it was back in 2011, so it'll be interesting to see the size of it's next eruption
Either a vei 5 Eruption or mini basalt flood like laki eruption.
Yes this will be something, and it's actually hard to get good information about this strange system, that bothers me a bit
What volcano was the cause of the worst year in history, 536?
Either Krakatoa or some Icelandic volcano is the guess. Noone knows which volcano erupted.
I read this interview with an Icelandic volcanologist the other day but he can't find any proof it occurred in Iceland, he believes it was closer to the equator but you can give google translate a try on this article: www.visir.is/g/2018590905d
@@JustIcelandic thank you
I have been surprised how tectonically quiet things have been in the northern coastal of Iceland. I'd go with 2 concurrent eruptions within a rolling 12 months, and that generally speaking, things are locked and loaded. And I'd agree that tectonically things are loaded too (your previous videos have highlighted at least two areas in south west as well as the history of big quakes in the northern coastal region and also the Askja area.
I have noticed that when things get shaky on the Reykjanes peninsula, the constant seismic unrest up north drops....
@@JustIcelandic And I guess that makes sense, a lot of energy being taken out of the system.
@@JustIcelandic Thought this was interesting that things have woken elsewhere too 'The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reports that for the first time in 1 000 years, volcanic eruptions spewing magma are believed to have taken place just off the southern coast of Ioto volcano, also known as Iwoto, Iwojima and Iojima.
Perfect “over-dramatization” music. Haha!
😊 thanks
Keep a "go" bag handy. Good luck.
Thanks, will do!
Thanks!
😎🤠 thanks a lot, appreciated and greetings from Iceland :)
Notice as news keeps talking about the Earth rotation speeding up, more volcanoes are erupting. Makes sense if you think about what happens if you filled a ball with liquid and spun it faster the fluid would push against the outer crust harder than before and weak spots would be under more pressure. Just a passing thought, I could be way off base, just seems with the increasing speed of rotation we're seeing more volcanic unrest.
I only know for sure that we don't know everything, and that's what makes this subject so exciting :)
I believe all of these systems are connected, and to some degree, I believe there is some sort of natural canal system with locks between these volcanoes (the locks and chambers need to top off, and then the convection moves on. You could imagine that the Reykjanes region and wider system has been filling up, and at a deeper level, excess magma moves forward topping off other systems and volcanoes long the fault/ridge line running through Iceland. Perhaps a reduction in convection flow causes the eruptions due to the pressure then having no other means of passage.
I would like to see a 3D image of the pipelines under Iceland :)
It’s interesting that the same things happened at grimsvotn during the 2021 eruption also. So it seems to be connected.
Obviously lot''s to learn about this system
This would be very bad - more like Eyjafjallajökull - lots of ash and disruption.
Ye but the thing is that Eyjafjallajökull was a small eruption after all, but impressive though...
@@JustIcelandic oh yes. This will be much much worse. I meant it to say not like this friendlyish one of the past few years. One causing global disruptions from ash.
Very interesting.
Welcome 👍
Lovely video but somewhat disturbing news, I suppose from what you have observed the inevitable will happen eventually, let's hope it will not be huge. Thank you.
Welcome👍
I'm learning that you Icelanders really like your fireworks. :) And I can see why, I do too!
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A FORTNIGHT AWAY. MORE.
Welcome
Iceland is having a real growth sprit at the moment
Good way to describe it :)
Lol
🤣🤣🤣 Great video! Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it and welcome :)
Its so exciting
It will only get hotter :)
The earthquakes might have created multiple cracks in the landscape around Grindavik and may also have increased pressure on other faultlines because of that movement I would guess. The Grimsvötn / Lakagigar faultline is pretty far away but hey, I'm no geologist
No me either, but i will be lightening to them when it comes to this...it's a good video topic of it's own..
Gylfi is Iceland's Guardian Angel
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Allô allô from Alberta Canada
Greetings to Canada :)
I have seen ancient maps that showed cities under where Grimsvotn now is. Who knows what may be uncovered some day.
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It will be something to see two volcanos going off at the same time, I hope if you do get a big earthquake, it's not going to do a lot of damage, it must be a worrying time for the people of Iceland, please stay safe.(is their a chance three could erupt in one year.what are the odds on that happening ?)
Thanks and greetings from Iceland :)
Life on Iceland seems a bit like a gladiatorial combat. Will the gods give thumbs up? Or thumbs down?
Thumbs up :)
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Always welcome :)
Coming to Iceland in September, what are my chances of seeing the volcano in Fagradalsfjall active?
I would say 80%...even more
Thanks for mentioning the floods. I was wondering about that possibility when you said there was an eruption brewing on a glacier. Is flooding common in Iceland then?
Glacier flood yes, like every few year, the last one in November :) and welcome
@@JustIcelandic Very dangerous, do be careful there! And, thank you. Greetings from Oregon 🙂
one thing you take from these videos is that unrest in one part of a volcanic system doesn't mean that's where the eruption will happen
I guess that these Volcanoes mostly straddle the plate boundaries so if there is some pressure pushing them apart at one point it might be possible that other parts also to start to separate ...until the pressure is released somewhere. Gromsvotn, Hekla and Katla I think are caused by subduction up flows so may only be being encouraged by the shaking from elsewhere.. I'm not an expert...just an enthusiastic amateur. I have my popcorn ready.
The aviation code for Grímsvötn has been yellow for a few days but looks like it went back to green last I checked. Maybe a simultaneous eruption might not happen?
Looks like another false alarm....
The way things are these days in the world at large I wouldn't be at all surprised by multiple icelandic eruptions
Nothin will surprise us now
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Always welcome 😁✌️
That would be quite something, when was the last time that there where 2 eruptions at the same time?
I don't this it's happened before...
@@JustIcelandic wow that is cool.
@@JustIcelandic congratulations with your 400 video’s man
Thank you sweetie, you're awesome and so very intelligent. I have Fam going to Iceland in September. It's creeping me out a bit. 🙋♥️✝️🇺🇲🌋🌋🌋
Have fun and don't worry, I promise you a good and safe show from Mother Nature 🌋
Is geldingadalir still firing lava?
Yes it's just poor visibility now
that is the danger that you'll never know if it will happen or not. a risk for everyone living around. even on your island, the density of people living close to volcanoes is not as high as in other countries, but it is still bad enough. good luck that you were wrong and there won't be a second eruption of one of the mighty ones. greetings from Germany. I live close to a sleeping one the Laacher Lake.(Eifel volcano)
I know all of you have lived with this for a millennium and adapted to it. Is there a plan in place to deal with a possible tsunami caused by a nearby undersea quake or eruption?
No studies have been done as far as I know even though we know of tsunami risk from the thrones fracture zone: ruclips.net/video/XT-mPHb8F5g/видео.html but it's lack of funding I guess..
@@JustIcelandic A large part of disaster preparation is planning and can be done with volunteers.Here in the US most of our Emergency Services are staffed by trained on call volunteers. If you have such organizations there send them all an email and get the conversation started. If not start the conversation in chat rooms just to get the conversation started. The more people talking about it the better.
I keep asking is there a connection to all these volcanoes and fissures? like in Reykjanes now. The fissure there seems like its increasing pulsing are there live feeds from you on the Grimvotn? Its ike Kamchatka Russia if one starts soon the others will to.
Is there a connection (Tectonic plates) with the canary Island. La Palma was starting during the Icelandic erruption last year.
Could be, could be not. Will have to ask a volcanologist.
Anything is possible at Grimsvotn.
It sure is...
Whatever blows just hope it is tourist volcano!!!!!!!
Yes we would prefer that and thanks for visiting :)
Every year around this time we get more eruptions in Bardarbunga area under the glacier, I alway put it down as melt water from the summer months getting to the magma and creating explotions. One day I am sure that the explosions will cause a eruption on these volcanoes under the ice when the weight of the Ice is taken off by these explosions.
Me like over-dramatization :)
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Technically that's 2 volcanos at once?
Yes it is...
Keep up the good work 👍 people should be aware