Unusual Blue Lagoon Background And The Lava Around Grindavik
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- We take off with tourists in the Blue Lagoon and the power plant in the foreground before we move on to the craters before we turn south where follow the lava flow into town and finish the tour above the highway into Grindavik that is now gone under lava. Notice the power lines where a new road is now under construction into town! We are waiting for accurate ground uplift data that might tell us if we see this come to and end late summer like some Icelandic experts have predicted, but it's too early to say right now.
My next update will be soon, I just got a professional grade microphone yesterday that will help me a lot with my workflow since it's very time consuming to make my old mic sound decent, and I'm also getting ready to go to Reykjavik and the Reykjanes Peninsula soon for more footage since I had to have my car repaired after the last tour and hoping to get it back tonight.
The music versions of my videos are my way to grab the mood I feel while editing and use the bits I cannot use in my narrated updates. This was all shot on June 3rd 2024.
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Goodbye, Blue Lagoon parking lot. It's astounding how much work has been done to protect this entire area from the lava flows. Fantastic footage and music, as always!
The drive ways up to the blue lagoon buildings looks strange. Has it always been like that?
Since lagoon tourist money is a national security matter or at least gets treated like it is critical infrastructure, roads and accommodations will get rebuilt ASAP. Maybe they'll borrow one of Elon's boring machines and build tunnels to bypass lava flows.
Thanks for commenting and welcome :)
The lava flow barriers are not only to protect the Blue Lagoon and its economically important tourist destination, but also to protect the adjacent Svartsengi power plant that supplies most of the energy (heat and electricity) for a large part of the Reykjanes Peninsula.
@@ericfielding2540 The power station is over 40 years old and the average lifetime of a geothermal power station is 40 years. They should build a new one at a safer location instead of replacing the old power plants with new ones at the same location. Soon or later the lava will overflow the barriers, because there's a limit how high you can make these walls.
I've driven that road from Blue Lagoon down to Grindavik... Seeing that lava field there just overwhelming the road and valley just breaks my heart. I'm glad we were there and saw the sights we did, and I hope all the best for the residents there. At least the walls are holding... for now.
what's wonderful about being human, is we can heal and move forward and build better and wiser from lessons learned here. May we grow into our compassion for each other more than the places we enjoy for ourselves.
The Blue Lagoon is in Grindavik as well. I stayed at the North Lights Inn which is a short walk from Blue Lagoon. The landscape is like Mars. It’s amazing. I hope the main town is able to survive this eruption.
Wow. That footage is so striking, and it just puts into perspective just how massive volcanic events are.
Thanks and welcome
Hi Gylfi, you have an amazing eye for capturing beauty. The music is wonderfully complementing your footage. Always a joy to watch your posts! 😊
Many thanks!
Agree amazing videos and absolutely love the music playing.. are you able to put where the music comes from .. please and thank you from New Zealand 😊
I did not realise how close the eruption is to the power plant. Nothing majestic about a volcano when you can see what it is destroying. I pray the barriers hold. Thank you Gylfie
i was thinking the same thing
No volcano, no power plant.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Majestic is defined as beautiful, powerful or causing great admiration and respect. So, from my perspective claiming that something is no longer majestic just because it destroys something is not logical
The lava fountains are beautiful, powerful and definitely command respect. I would say the same thing about tornadoes as another ex.
What ypu aren't seeing tho is that volcanic system made the lagoon and makes the power plant even possible. It made it, it'll certainly take it away at some point
@@tjgelliott or lagoon
Thanks, just seeing how beautiful and raw looking the landscape of Iceland makes me realize how little control we have over our surroundings, and how fast they can change in an instant! Thanks again!
this really shows how close the power plant is to the Blue Lagoon. sorta takes the romance out of it.
That was my point with this one...
@@JustIcelandic you hammered that one home! Thanks for the video. Great news about the vehicle.
Go Figure, Volcano, Next To Hydrothermal Plant, Next To Hydrothermal Lagoon... I Can See How You Missed The Connection There. 😳
I believe the excess heat from the power plant is what powers the Blue Lagoon. So if there was no power plant, there would be no blue lagoon
@@StarfireReborn no missed connection at all.
but all the advertising CONVENIENTLY leaves out the powerplant nearby. but, hey, i love being lulled to sleep by the drone of turbines.
I stayed at the Blue Lagoon back in 2011 and drove the road to Grindavik. Amazing to see how the lava has changed the landscape in the area. Amazing drone footage.
Thanks and ton and always welcome to Iceland :)
Fascinating aerial videos, as always. So interesting. Thanks for your hard work and obvious passion. It sets you apart from most other Icelandic volcano watchers.
Many thanks!
Thank you Just Icelandic, Incredible footage, always great to hear from you, peace out ✌🏻
Thanks a ton
For me as a stranger, in the first line this are excellent images and views. I hope, everybody stay´s save and I mean this for residents of Grindavik and their property too.
EXCELLENT footage showing the relationship of the lava to Blue Lagoon, Grindavik, power plant and the ocean! Helps to orient the impact of eruption in Iceland.
Thanks, new update in an hr..
i visited Grindavik, about 2 days before everything began in summer 2023 , never forget that maybe some´thing i saw is no longer as it was. Thanks for updates.
Thanks and welcome back to Iceland :)
I'll try not to repeat what all the others already have written. You make absolutely stunning videos. Oops, I did it again. 😅 Thanks, mate!
Thanks a ton 😍
Pretty good shot, rising above the blue lagoon with the volcano behind. Well done again Gylfi!
You videos are second to none...I bet you could even make just a plain old paper towel roll sound outstanding...lol...but know that your work is greatly appreciated...God bless...
Thanks 👍
I love the way you filmed and edited this piece. Your work is great, man. This part of aiceland is very familiar to me. Amazing and haunting to see how a landscape you know so well is changing every day.
I was just there 2 weeks ago! The drive in using a detour road passing right beside Grindavik was a highlight of the trip. We have lava steam on both sides of our vehicle. Amazing roadwork, berms to try to keep the lava at bay. Drones are also amazing. They are changing how the world operates and I love it.
As always, fantastic video..... Now I'm going to watch it again on the big screen in HD.
Thanks again.
Enjoy! My videos are all best enjoyed on a big screen :)
I'd almost hurry to the shop to buy one...
Stunning..! and a bit frightening. I have visited Iceland three times and have the utmost respect for Icelanders.
Excellent Gylfi, thank you 🙏
You’re welcome 😊
The Island is ever evolving, as stark and harsh as this all is, it is how it became to exist. I made my first visit to Iceland for my birthday last year. Blue Lagoon, Aurora, Geysers, Glacier ski-mobil, all ticked off during our short stay. It is an unforgiving but beautiful country. Part of me feels attached to it off just one visit. After the initial culture shock, it became am experience I'll not forget. Ever!
Your excellent drone shots are just captivating! Like looking at a campfire - you just stare at it! Thank you for giving us such a unique perspective❤
Thanks so much!
Be brave, be strong Iceland. ❤
Thanks and welcome
Thank you Gylfi, very excellent drone footage, Mother Nature can be cruel and nothing will stand in her way. Let’s
Hope that the Blue Lagoon is not part of this current eruption 🙏 Thank you for sharing your content it is always good to hear how Iceland is going, take care and God Bless you Gylfi 🙏👍😇🇮🇸
Many thanks to you 🇮🇸🙏
so far the best film i've seen of this eruption ...brilliant....well done
😍 thanks and welcome
Fantastic visual history of a changing landscape. 😎
Thank you very much...
Difficult to find adequate words that have not already been used in acknowledging your work.
Great as always. Thanks for taking the effort and for sharing ❤
Many thanks!
Gylfi that was the perfect music for this video and your drone footage is amazing. Thank you xx
Thanks so much
@@JustIcelandic Music name? I would like to add it to my songlist.
This is truly awe-inspiring, even when seen through a camera lens. Thanks Gylfi. 🙂👍Nature will take its course. If anything which man has built in this area survives this sequence of eruptions, I'll be amazed.
👍 thank you
Hi Gylfi - It's June 17th. Happy Independence Day!! Love your videos and seeing the changes from when i was there at the Keflavik NATO base from 1966-1967. Enjoyed your talk with Shawn Willsey. I took courses in volcanoes & earthquakes in college. Was fascinating to see your country after my courses. It was amazing to see what the country was doing even back then with hot water & steam. Had always hoped to get back but health not up to it anymore. Stay safe. I gave up trying to fly a drone. You're great at it. Leanna, Ohio, USA.
Thank you so much Leanna, I get many visitors here from the base and it's on my plan to do some filming there, like 360 video from the top of my car since the area has changes a whole lot :) Just been so busy doing the volcano-thing :) but hope to do it since I see so many of you around :) But it's lots of flying around still to be uploaded so I hope you enjoy to travel with me :)
Fantastic footage. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing, great Video, Great music. Greetings from Berlin, yours Marco 🇮🇸🇩🇪👍
Thank you very much! and greetings to Berlin 👍
Another excellent video, thank you for your efforts. They are very much appreciated.
Always welcome
Awesome memories of the time spend in Blue Lagoon with my friends.
I hope I can come back soon.
Thank you for this view and information!
Thanks for visiting
Very special, dramatic, breathtaking and beautifully.... a true masterpiece, again Gylfi!❤
Glad you enjoyed it ❤
I’ve watched so many of your videos on the Grindavik, that I just realised I’m more familiar with it from the air than my own home area!😂
A particularly good video- simple and effective.
I wish you could show some before and after so us viewers that are new can see the changes you are trying to show us, thanks for the videos!
Thats the plan soon
I had a chance to view this again on a big monitor and computer with fast internet so I could see the full 4K resolution. Absolutely beautiful!
Beautiful and haunting. Only a matter of time now. 🥰
Every Icelander i have ever met in my life had an awesome music taste, you are no exception to that ... nice selection
Glad to hear that!
Awesome film footage and the sound is so appropriate !!!!!
Very majestic views - thank you x
Many thanks!
Amazing footage - as always. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
Another astonishing video with amazing images. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for this look into the crater. With no proper elevated place nearby, you rarely get a glimpse of what is happening within these walls.
Thanks and welcome
Thank you so much for that great aerial view. Two huge craters are not very far from the Blue Lagoon. I can't believe how much of the main road to the Grindavik was taken out. Looks like more lave crept underneath one of the protective walls. It really gives you a good sense of how close everything is.
Thank you for this awesome video, you truly put things in perspective. And really good choice of music, fits pefectly in the video.
Thank you so much!
Incredible footage!! Thank you, sir.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Stunning. Thank you
Many thanks!
Amazing as always! 💜
Thank you!! 😊
Wow . that is something. Well done with the barrier..
😊 thanks
The most informative videos, as always.
Glad you think so!
Gorgeous video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Great footage, thank you. On your way to 100k!
So close! Having a channel logo designed to celebrate the achievement :)
Your footage is always top-notch. Keep up the good work Love you brother take care❤
Thank you, I will
That was a very enjoyable episode! Thanks 🙂
Thank you too!
Wonderful, thank you, take care
Thank you! You too!
The Blue Lagoon is also part of Grindavik. I stayed next door at the Northern Lights Inn.It’s so amazing to stay in a place that felt like another planet. It would be a great loss if both were lost to the volcano as well as the main town where we went to eat by the water. It’s such an amazing place. Prayers for Grindavik.
Always love your flights . Thank you ❤
My pleasure!
So much emotion in Gylfi's footages...
I can't wait to come back to Iceland in 2 days ❤
Welcome to Iceland :)
Lucky you!
fantastic footage gylfi
thanks for all the hard work
Many thanks!
I was at the Blue Lagoon last summer and stopped in Grindavik for lunch before hiking to last year's eruption. Sad to see the destruction, but cool to witness the power of planet earth.
In 2022 my aunt invited me to share her 50th birthday splurge to herself and spend a weekend at the fancy Retreat part of the Blue Lagoon. She booked a room with its own little lagoon. While we were taking a dip, a drone flew over us and stopped. We stared at it for a bit and it seemed like whoever was manning the camera slowly backed up and flew away, almost like “Oops- excuse me!” I have to wonder- was it you??
The spa was very posh, but the part of the trip I remember most was hiking to the top of Thorbjorn. I’ve looked back at the photos I took of my aunt and I with Grindavik behind us over and over these past few months. It’s surreal that landscape is now covered in fresh lava, and changes month by month. I can see the route of our little hike in Nov 2022 in all your aerial shots. Having been there fairly recently makes this whole unfolding situation feel so immediate to me even though I was only in Iceland for about 72 hours. I’d love to go back and spend more time exploring- Iceland is unique and awe-inspiring.
It looks breathtaking.
Many thanks
Awesome aerials.
Thank you very kindly 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely amazing ❤
Welcome :)
@@JustIcelandic you all are awesome! Thanks for the hard work ❤
Brilliant footage as always, and I love the music choice! 🤗
Thank you very much!
wow...breathtakingly beautiful...and the music again so perfect for what you captured...I was last at the Blue Lagoon early 2012....it is weird and at the same time stunning to witness those grand changes of Powerful Mother Earth...humbling, too.....thank you and stay safe Gylfi
Beautiful video! I especially liked the view over the Blue Lagoon, Svartsengi power plant, and active lava eruption cones. The volcanic gases coming out of the cones and steam from Svartsengi power plant floating in the wind is an excellent way to see the interactions between humans trying to tame the geothermal energy, the unconstrained vents, and the wind.
How wonderful to get a glimpse of how the earth began thank you for all your commentarys and pictures it's been wonderful
Thanks Gylfi for this fantastic footage 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Good evening Gylfi,
Thanks for the, as ever, beautiful drone footage.
Many thanks!
As always, great videography! The song is fantastic! It's giving 80s sci-fi action vibes!
Thanks so much!
Amazing video once again, your talents are extraordinary ❤
Thank you so much!❤
Thanks for providing these drone views. The lava flows are massive and gigantic. Just wow!
Yes they are! Huge change in the landscape
Happy National day to you Gylfi, and all icelanders. 🎉❤
🎉🇮🇸 thank you very much
Terrific video! Nicely done.
Thank you very much!
Nice choice of sound track; the pace of the music was complimentary to the speed of the camera pan.
Cool, thanks!
@quietone748 has expressed my thoughts exactly. Thanks for sharing even more beautifully chosen views & equally perfect music to accompany them, Gylfi.👍
Beautiful music expressing the atmosphere watching the Blue Lagoon from above 💦.
Many thanks
Thank you, i hope the blue lagoon is going to be safe.
We hope so too...
Another cracking bit of filming and music.
Thanks Gylfi
Di…Cumbria.
As always :) Thanks for your visit
I think this is your best video yet.
😍 many thanks :)
Great video and you got this one beautiful video
Thanks a ton
great footage and i love the soundtracks you use
Thanks 👍
Thank you, again a great video 🤩
You’re welcome 😊
The sky looks so interesting.
Many thanks
Snart har du 100.000 prenumeranter, du är förtjänat vareviga en Gylfi. GRATTIS från Sverige!
Coming soon, will have a party when I get that target :)
Thankyou for all you do mate. Amazing footage
Glad you enjoyed it
I sincerely hope it's all overwith because it's a sad situation. The berms have bought them time. The question is, time to do what?
Your footage documents the changing landscape like no other! ❤️ Thank you
The Northern Lights Inn is a very special, family-owned hotel next to the Svartsengi power plant (near the circular water tower). I wish the owners and staff best wishes and hope that the berm will continue to keep the hotel and restaurant safe. Greetings Gylfi from Oklahoma USA.
THANK YOU 👍🙏>>>💚
Welcome!
A Natureza é assim mesmo; Sempre haverá muito trabalho para manter-se a salvo junto dela. Afinal de contas toda a beleza e conforto em "Blue Lagoon", dependem do lençol magmático que está por baixo dela. Para alegria dos islandeses, ainda há muito fogo lá embaixo. É só curtir a vida!!!!
Awesome video again.
Thanks again!
Mother earth making new land for Icelanders. 🥰
Might be
Thanks for sharing Gylfi, I saw there are now dirt roads over lava from the Western coastal road and a new junction and road has been created from Grindavik to the Blue Lagoon. It is currentl;y the only way in and out I guess ?
I think so yes....i'm actually up north right now, but going back soon, waiting for the car from repair
@@JustIcelandic Hope the repair bill isn't too hard on money but you need a reliable car when travelling close to an eruption or flowing lava...
The Volcano is edging closer to The Blue Lagoon.
I've always felt it's just a matter of time before the Blue Lagoon gets the Lava Flow.
Hopefully I'm wrong.
More in my new update, looks bad
Really nice work Gylfi. Lots of "baby rock" on the landscape with more to come I suspect.
Thanks and welcome :)
Wow, stunning footage! I still find it irresponsible that the Blue Lagoon is open for public...
Welcome :)
I guess everything will be done in order to protect the Blue Lagoon from lava streams in the future. Hope the work will be successful!