One Of The Most Unique Volcano Towns In The World - Grindavik Rescued With Lava Walls
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- We dont get top see something like this very often but the town is now around 80% surrounded with lava and the eruption is still producing a whole lot more. I do however think that the worst is over but there are limits to what this method can do. There are however experts here that believe that this event will come to an end in July or August, so let's hope we can handle this until then.
I don't have any good news for volcano tourists, the weather is miserable and will be like that all next week on top of the access restrictions. It's not even possible to do any serious filming now so I was a bit lucky get this clip, but s soon as I have the chance, I will do more tours there to demonstrate the landscape changes. Some to the "before" shots we published last year in this mini doc I made about Grindavik, and aged pretty well as for the possible scenarios i mentioned back them.
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Greetings from Iceland. Gylfi
This reminds me of something you said yesterday, someone says 'Oh the road is now covered in lava' and the next person says 'oh that's OK we'll just cover it with gravel'. While the rest of the world complains about small things the Icelandic spirit puts them to shame xx
I noticed in a video done in heat sensitive film, you could see little waves of the covered lava in front of the bus tires that was driving down the repaired road.
Today's lava is tomorrow's dirt.
Great decision not to use words ... the music and video said it all ..
Thanks, glad to hear it, easy choice this time :) I could not add anything to those scenes...
@@JustIcelandic Excellent choice of music! 👍
yah, it's stunning
So moving.
Oh Gylfi.....perfect as always.
From the town the volcano looks much more intimidating. Thanks, as always, for amazing footage.
Indeed very good footage
WOW!! Without those walls it looks like Grindavik would’ve been covered with this latest lava flow! Incredible work Iceland!!
Yes this worked out :)
*SUPERB* video, Gylfi. It answered my largest questions. I thank you so very much!
Literally could not have asked for a more clarifying video of the overall big picture! It's like you read our minds! Thank you so much Gylfi! Stay safe out there!
The workers who built the barriers must be so happy they helped so much.
I bet a lot of people are buying them a beer. Superb workmanship.
Total heroes.❤
Appreciate the slow pans to allow us to get our bearings and take everything in
Glad you like it, we need time to absorb those unusual frames
@@JustIcelandic thank you so much for this perspective!
We have to get our bearings every time too. lol.
Really impressive to see how successful the barriers are! As you said, they have limits, but still - they really do the job!
Wish they would have stayed on the other side of the road..like the first half...now the road is blocked.
@@moellerborn Gylffi said in a recent video that when that happens they just lay some gravel over the lava. At worst, they'd just need concrete ramps built to get up to that level, like a low bridge.
Gylfi - I Love Your documentary videos so so much! You're the kind of person that I really appreciate! Iceland is nowadays my no 1 dreamtravel. You, your country, it's geology and o c, the spirit of Icelandic people. I think it's magical! And its a true love! ❤
The place is magical. I hope you make it there some time. Gylfi is the best ambassador the Iceland has!
I’ve been twice and I can’t get enough! Make it happen :)
Opening reveal shot put it all in perspecitve. Jaw dropping! No words required.
Appreciated :)
construct of those walls have done a wonderful work. God bless you all
Those pictures say more than a thousand words .. 🙏
Appreciated
Wow nice footage. I especially like the angle you got looking up to the mountain from the sea from the west side of the town that shows the glowing fiery mountain way up high. Television doesn't actually give you the perspective of the topography around the town so you don't realize just how much elevation the fissures have. Beautiful work. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much!
“glowing fiery mountain way up high,” I had no idea it was elevated above the town either despite watching so many previous videos. What a surprise!
I just kept saying "wow". Those berms have done a great job, as have you with this brilliant footage. Well done Gylfi and the berm builders. Thank you ❤
wow the shots of the volcano looming like mt doom over grindavik were the money shot imo
thanks for the videos gylfi
Icelanders will have that road graveled over by Sunday lol
I would say Wednesday :)
What an amazing job the builders of the barriers have done !!! 👏
Excellent job :)
Wow! But in a sad way.😢🙏🙏 Grindavik was still “normal” last September when I was in that town. Mother Nature can sure surprise us. Well done Gylfi. Powerful as ever.
Very sad to see the town surrounded by so much lava. Thank you for the update Gylfi.
Welcome :)
Awssome unique work Glyfi, thank you so much for your ongoing commitment ❤
Thank you so much!
Outstanding Gylfi 😊 out of curiosity?
Is the big fault that you like to follow running into town at the most south west corner still in existence or did it get bulldozed to create the berm?
I cannot quite tell from the drone angle?
The music is so haunting. Perfect choice Gylfi. Thanks for all you do and thanks for sharing it with us :)
Thank you sir! Stay safe as always! I want to see your country!
OMG! OMG! STUNNING. Stunning! Stunning ! I was making so much noise the first 30 seconds and then
the VOLCANO comes into view. OMG !!! What you showed with your drone is so perfect.
Then, perhaps it could swoop down beside one of the scraggly, nonthreatening/cold tributary finger areas to allow us to actually see the DEPTH of the flow. Thanks so much, Glyfi. I appreciate your work, effort & time.
@lhaaa1059
The volcano suddenly looming above was a stunner!
Where the raw force edge of mother nature's omnipotence meets head on with human tenacity and ingenuity.........
Gylfi, once again you have proved to the world what a marvellous videographer you are! Hauntingly beautiful video and the music was just the right match. The subject matter was perfect - I think we all needed to put the story of Grindavik into perspective and that this video has accomplished. My heart and thoughts go out to all the people of Grindavik past, present, and (we hope!) future.
Beautiful and ominous ! The best view point I've seen to understand the situation.
Glad you enjoyed it
Masking out the town and the scene could so easily be Mordor.
Exactly my thoughts too
Beautiful photography telling such a sad story. Thank you Gylfie
Thanks for watching :)
Wonderfully well composed video! The sequences showing the lava, the berms holding it back, the protected but deserted town then the fiery eruption behind the hills that sourced the lava, are just so well done! Thanks, Gylfi.
After I moved to Iceland seven years ago, I was living in Grindavik for my first month here. I deeply love that small town. Could not visit it since the eruptions started, and it makes me a bit sad how much the surroundings changed. But city is still there and I hope it will stay that way :)
That was stunning, eerie and desperately poignant. Another visual poem that conveys the beautiful horror of the situation so very well it makes you catch your breath. Deepest regards to all from Grindavik and those berm workers, Icesar and yourself. Thank you Gylfi, that must have been a sad bit of filming for you, but it really speaks to us viewers of what the townsfolk must be feeling.
That must have flowed down there that fast at near running pace.
Sobering images. Thank you for capturing and sharing them, Gylfi. My thoughts are with the wonderful people of Grindavík. 💙
Well said, appreciated
I love these short videos and the music.
It’s stunning to see the lava up to the retaining wall and the mountain of fire in the background.
This has to be one of your best.
The area covered so quickly by this new eruption is pretty astounding.
Once again you manage to root us, the viewers, firmly in the landscape, so not lost and wandering in space but really grounded, as if we are there, seeing it with our own eyes, at a scale we instinctively understand.
I feel sorry for the inhabitants, but this video is pure art
Thank you kindly
Another great video and the music it’s perfect! Thank you so much for these records 🤗
Like Gondor surrounded by Sauron's forces with Mount Doom in the background. Best footage so far of all these eruptions, it really puts things into perspective.
Thanks for the full overview. None of I live feeds I’ve seen show this side of the town, so I hadn’t seen how far it’d gone - wow!
Completely agree. It gave us the viewer a whole new perspective of the landscape.
Welcome
Its really sad seeing Grindavik getting surrounded by lava. The berms are doing an excellent job keeping the lava from actually entering the town. An excellent video Gylfi, thank you for posting it. Takk fyrir.
hello, thank you for all the videos
Appreciated :)
The best filming on youtube
Appreciated :)
Such a poignant sight to see. It makes me sad, so I can only imagine what you and the former residents of Grindavik must be feeling. Thank you, Gylfi, for your stoicism in bringing images and information to us all - your work is valuable on many levels. Warm wishes, as always.
Thank you. The views you captured in this video really helped to put everything into perspective for me.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow. The video is heartbreaking. Thanks You for showing. No,words to say.
Glad you enjoyed it
Its not often in Human time frame that we see land building. Also that Berm is a work of art hats off to the crews that built it.
Love your videos. Quite impressive seeing the volcano in the background of Grindavik.
Thank you very much!
Thank you Gilfi. Very profound. How the town is almost surrounded by lava is sobering and must be difficult for the residents who still hope to return. I did enjoy your discussion with Shawn.
The views I hoped to be able to see after this eruption, didn't come until you arrived at the scene. Deeply impressed and a good feeling of having become properly informed. Thank you Gylfi.
Awesome as usual.
Thanks again!
Geez that lava is nearly at the ocean!
Yes, but wont go all the way as things look now.
Thank you Gylfi. What a great job the tarmackers did on keeping the town safe. My first job after leaving school was with my father who was a tarmacker and one of many Irish immigrants who helped Britain rebuild its roads and cities after the destruction from WW2. Here’s hoping the people of Grindavik get to return to their beloved town. I’ve been there once and found the place very down to earth with warm people. Had a lovely lunch in a cafe run by two brothers and their mother, very welcome in the midst of a cold day. I love Iceland and you’re a great representative for your country. 🇮🇸🇮🇪🇬🇧
Much appreciated and many thanks to you from the volcano island :)
Icelandic supremacy
You captured the scenery and asmosphere very well in this video
Appreciated :)
Gylfi, Wonderful footage. So spectacular! So glad no one was injured or killed in this eruption.
keep up your fabulous work.
❤ Iceland
Appreciated :) and welcome
Crazy in truth
Incredible shots. I'm impressed you could get there, loved this one.
Thanks, investing in a long range drone proved to be right :)
I've already used the word indomitable to describe Icelanders - may I add indefatigable. Thank you for another hauntingly beautiful video.
Wooo it’s so strange to see Grindavík like this I was there exactly 2 years ago 😢 I was watching some of my footage driving around and playing with the sheeps and observing the cute lambs running about … I couldn’t imagine what the future would unfold, mind you I got this footage and at the end I say look there is all this new buildings c being constructed on this lava flaw …
My heart goes to the locals it must be hard to see their homes like this at the mercy of what happen next!
Thanks 🙏🏼 most had time to be leaving safely
Kind regards to all
Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧
Thanks Gylfi. Have been following this closely ever since i came i came to Iceland 2 months back while the eruption was still ongoing.
That town would be gone without those barriers. Hopefully citizens will be able to return sometime in the future. I was in Grindavik three years ago. Nice little town and nice people.
I'll admit that I cried watching this. My visits to Grindavik were so wonderful and I have been so worried about the town's future. While everyone else reports on spewing lava, you have showed what matters. The work to save this place is amazing and I hope the work can stay ahead of the lava and that the town can be repaired and safely repopulated. Thank you for your work.
Fantastic view of the overall situation at Grindavik!
Hopefully the lava will never creep up from under the town, and people will be able to go back to their homes in the long run.
All the best to the residents, with love from the Netherlands.
In the footage from the first day, I was amazed to see the people working to close the northern road gap while the thin strand of lava crept along the northern berm. They were working while it got very very close. Very committed.
It was ironic that the strand of lava stopped just before the road. I was imagining them getting home and being called out again to open the road back up!
Spectacular! Congratulations to the working parties who put those barriers in place, hard work well done. But is all that lava seen on the earlier part of the video, from this new eruption?
Lava will soon or later find its way to finish it... wall will delay it maybe.. but in the end its lowest place and it will be filled... its nature
Depends on whether the eruption series dies down quickly enough or no. Looks like it might, but no way to be sure.
Great perspective of the situation, notice how the eruption area has gained so much elevation over these eruptions, this could be a major issue for the town if these eruptions continue. Amazing footage, and you beat the weather which has often been really bad.
Excellent coverage of the retaining walls doing their job. Yeah Grindavik!
Welcome
Amazing, sends chills trough me ! Good and bad chills! 💜
Thank you! This gives me the best location of the volcanic activity in respects to Grindavik.
So small, so vulnerable!! It’s like a toy-town amidst all that lava…
I truly hope Grindavik can be saved, but I fear the reality may not be what we want 🥹. Thank you so much for these videos…..
More soon :) and welcome
Svartsengi is subsiding....so far, so good.
I noticed a lot of birds landing on top of the lava
This might have been the nesting site before the lava...
We love Iceland. thanks for your videos. Hoping the best.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Gylfi 🙏
Welcome
WOWWWW 🙏 💞 💖
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You really capture the destruction of the landscape and the berms holding back the lava from the town. Only you seem to show how the changing topography of area has affected the flows from each eruption.
I frequently go back to your 9th November 2023 drone footage- which was the last day of normality for Grindavik so that I can remind myself of how the landscape was … and how much has changed, not just the lava but also the land deformation. Thank you Gylfi
Big shout out to the emergency personnel and construction crews!!! Earthquakes, toxic gas, the Iceland winter, and they continue to work their butts off.
Your videos, dear Gylfi, give a perfect idea of what is happening! You are definitely the best documentarian in Iceland! And your love for your land is evident in every moment! It's so sadly exciting to see all the lava around Grindavik! National heroes are the people who built the protective barriers! The fire looming up there makes you realize perfectly what all this means for the people who lived in Grindavìk! They are all in my heart, as if it were my country! Hugs to you, always stay safe while working on videos.
I've seen the IMO map of the new lava field, but this latest video provides a much striking impression of how badly Grindavik is now hemmed in, protected only by its extended ramparts.
Knowing what we now know, you'd probably never plan to have Grindavik where it is, but towns grow where they grow.
This vid is probably the first really effective film of the lava barriers and just how effective they are. Let's hope nature doesn't have other ideas!
That beginning sequence is spectacular - well done!!
Appreciated :)
Wow! Thankyou…, by far the best video on RUclips showing the context & scale of this disaster…
Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts with us. In this vid , just showing the devastation is incredible and sad. Praying f for these families and their families.
I'm not sure if 'rescued' is the right word? I think the correct word should be 'preserved' (for history). I honestly do not foresee anyone living in that town again. Or at least, not within the next 5-10 years anyway.
Thank you so much. I found this very moving. Perfect music for a stunning video. Homes saved. Earth doing what it does.
A two-dimensional lava flow map presented by the Iceland Met Office pales in comparison to the real video. It's stacked pretty high in some places against those barriers.
lava came up just short of the ponds, farm and ocean....rebuilding the road there should not be too hard....the other road and power lines will be a challenge, that I'm sure they will figure out...
Thank you for the incredible footage and for all of your hard work. It is even more powerful to see the images without narration. It’s a stunning videography!
Friends of mine are visiting Iceland for the last week in June. I am so envious. It will be their first ever trip to Iceland. I think they will love it. Maybe they will get a distant view of an erupting volcano! But they are very keen all-weather botanists and birders so will have plenty to keep them occupied if it is all quiet on the volcano front.
Superb. So well done. Thank you.
Many thanks!
A very nice piece of work Gylfi, thankyou.
Thank you too!
A huge tourist magnet later on if city survives until the volcano is done.
That is right....
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IMO, they should put up another barrier just down that road at 0:24. There is a narrow path on that road between the two barriers. If lava reaches down there again, it could crawl down that narrow pathway on the road and seep into town. Even if the chances of the lava getting down that far are slim, better to be safe than sorry just in case there is another eruption that has lava flowing in that direction.
I love it!! A bit of a zoom in here and there would be nice. Wonderful video. Well, we made it to the end of another week. They are flying by so quickly. Enjoy yours my dear. Stay safe.