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Hey Shawn thanks for another great video. If you ever happen to travel route 395 in California again, there's a great cinder cone right next to the highway south of Lone Pine.
Thank you for this update. And for calling us team or crew. Our earth is so amazing and the desire to learn (at least for me) never stops. The drone footage gives a better understanding of the height of this cute little spatter cone. Wow. Thank you for the continued respect for the people of Iceland.
Hey Shawn.. I saw this drone footage this morning and was getting ready to send a link to you. So glad Leon’ sent it to you. Great footage and I remember you were hoping to see this kind of footage. Thanks Leon, I’m now a follower. Thank you Shawn for your great teachings. Love this stuff.
As a Icelander kinda love hearing you explain this, i dont hear this type of Explanation on Icelandic telly, They just cut it down to few minutes on news, i Don't know any Icelandic scientist that explains this in detail on YT, Few good YT ers that explain and show a lot of videos are out there, but noting like this, Cheers m8 & Greetings From Iceland
Thanks for the update, it's all so fascinating! Interested to see what is next with this thing. Thanks to Leon for letting you share some of his terrific drone footage in the name of education!
Thank you Shawn for the update. Also thank you Leon for allowing Shawn to show us some of your drone video. This is all so interesting and fun to learn.
What an extraordinary case study can be made of this series of eruptions, with Prof. Willsey providing expert guidance. Stunning visuals today. Thank you from Minnesota!
Great update, I learned something new today :) Feels like I'm in Nature's Classroom learning with everyone else. Crazy how there is uplift going on while there is an active eruption. Amazing footage from Leon too, it was very generous of him to allow you share parts of his video on your channel. Cheers!
Thank you @shawnwillsey for another great update! You've answered what's been puzzling me for the past few days: both an uplift and an eruption ongoing, so what could happen next? Thanks to @MandieJo as always for helping you, and to Léon Frey for letting you share portions of his fabulous drone footage! Actually I subscribed to his YT channel just a few hours before you posted this update ;) Thanks again, enjoy the rest of your day and have a nice weekend :)
Leon Frey also made really cool videos on geology in German language. I was watching his lectures in German actually before I stumbled upon Shawn’s channel.
Thank dear Shawn...also for showing the breathtaking drone videos of Leon Frey..I subcribed to his channel, too... be blessed all of you...stay save... :)
@Shawn Professor Agust Gudmundsson (that's his YT channel name too) posted a really great video yesterday about dikes, geothermal fluid transport and recent eruptions on the Reykjanes pennisula. Super informative deep-dive type video, but it's a bit jargon-y. I thought of you -- it's a possibility for analysis (like you do for some academic papers), or maybe an interview with Prof Gudmundsson, or just some more historic background on the geologic setting for the Sundhnukar fissure.
Yes, I saw this and his video on dikes was very similar to the overview on dike propagation and arrested dikes that I did a few months ago. Good stuff!
I have been waiting on you to tell me what I should know about our Iceland volcano. Thank you. Amazing to think that the USA west once looked like this.
I just got back from a trip to Iceland and was able to take a helicopter tour of the eruption the morning of the 19th. It was amazing 🤩 I was also really appreciative that I discovered your channel in November and have been following all of your updates, so I had a really good idea of what I was seeing. Thank you for your helpful and interesting videos 😊
Thanks Shawn, your videos are great. You explain things simply, so even I, a retiree, can understand and you have reawakened my love of geology and volcanoes in particular. I usually catch up with your broadcast a day or so later. Thanks to Leon for letting you show some of his amazing drone videos.
Thank you for this update and the link to Leon’s channel. Beautiful videos! I enjoy the uncertainty-since I don’t live in Iceland-and am looking forward to the next phase of the eruptions.
Thank you, Shawn, for the update. I wish I had you when I took my geology classes! I'm going to Iceland in 5 days so I'm excited to see as much of this as possible in person!
Webcams on Porbjorn show an incandescent and smoking spot down near the berms. It can be seen at 1:30 position from the cone at the 3:04 time mark in your video.
I love all the sources you keep finding: another source for beautiful video from drones, more sources for scientific analysis, etc. The very last bit, regarding trends (or the lack there of) in the chemical composition of the lava was interesting; I would not have thought to do that, or have known how to interpret the results. Thanks for the beautiful video and great learning.
So we start a new way of learning on sight.Thank you , team! Shawn, Amanda, Leon! Great information, absolutely determinated to go through all this together! What a time to witness it all from every corner of the world!!! Thank you, team!!
I love how respectful you are of the drone pilot here, these pics are just amazing 😮 let’s face it, these drone pilots will get more exposure from your channel so really it’s a win win 😊
A little suggestion from those of us who struggle to see. If you make the pointer a little larger, would help.😊 I'm happy to see you changed the colour. 5:59
Hey Shawn, I am wondering if you are planning to make a video about the recent Ruang Volcano eruption which showed incredible paroxysmal explosive activity. It was a VEI 4 with a 23km high ash plume, it's considered a plinian eruption.
Incredible that we can watch a play by play on an eruption. Thank you for the education / knowledge! PS - Also enjoyed viewing your back catalog on various geological points of interest in USA!😊😊
Thank you, Prof Willsey, for the link to Prof Fry’s channel. His 4 most recent videos were mesmerizing and intoxicating, but left me feeling pessimistic about many of our species and left me feeling like a grain of sand. I’d like to share the comment left. Sorry it makes this a bit long. “Prof Fry, Phenomenal! And this is only the smallest glimpse of the absolute power and majesty mere meters beneath our feet and at the core of our planet. Sadly, we poor Homo sapiens can be so myopic and arrogant that we wage wars against others over petty, personal differences in beliefs! I am certain there is an infinity of space in this small crater of lava for ALL the differences we have with each, and room for more! My hope and prayers are that before jump into the crater we will be see and enjoy the beauty and wonders that surround us, and be able to practice respect and nurture our planet, ourselves, each other and all living things. Thank you Professor.” You and Prof Fry could create an awesome, over the Himalayas (maybe even the moon) vulcanology curriculum. Thank you again, Team Leader, sir.
Thanks for the update, Shawn! I thought of you last week during a visit to Mt. Vesuvius -- climbing to the summit in some of the best spring weather we've had in a long time. I am now contemplating going to Iceland next year (no chance for me to get that trip done before 2025). I'm looking forward to see how the situation in Iceland continues to develop!
One thing that always amazes me is the way the Lava erupts to such a height constantly, this is really heavy molten rock, obviously driven by the gases within. I have to ask this question...How much gas is dissolved into the Magma below ground for these massive "bubbles" of lava to burst like they do. What is the percentage of gas to Magma/Lava on average please?
Truly amazing video. Adds to your analysis. Thanks Shawn. That new Met Office map shows the cone as being very large. If an eruption ever happened northward Grindavik would be safe. Ty
Love your videos. Thanks for doing them. I think you might mean "Uncharted" Waters in your Title. Unless, of course, someone is trying to charter those waters ;-)
Can't get over the fact that in spite of all the activity that's transpired since December 2023, Grindavik and the Blue Lagoon have been spared up till this point. Obviously it's a shame the residents have suffered through this extended period. However I'm not so confident these two areas will continue to be protected? Thank you again for your updates and the knowledge you bring. 👍
If the lava flow stops, will the existing lava form a solid layer on top in the cone, with slowly bubbling lava underneath, and are there current examples in the world? Or will it be a continuous slow boil like hot mud? If it forms a layer, how thick would it be and how long would it take to cool - decades? Or will it slowly sink back into the ground? And remain a potential eruption spot for the future?
So weird. Very hard for me to understand how pressure can increase while there is still an erupting path to the surface? Is there a chance that the main magma chamber is actually divided into two main chambers?
Thank you so much for another wonderful update. I never tire of all the science, especially the geochemistry and analysing thin sections. The weight % graph makes sense too. I wonder if the author is referring to "Le Chatelier's Principle" when he tries to explain re-equilibrates in the paper. If so then my understanding would be that the deep magma influx is mixing with existing magma to find a new equilibrium and hence, no increase in MgO signals. Just my thoughts, that's all.
I don’t think the current crater, which I will call A14*, will continue to erupt indefinitely. There are two many lower lying areas in the flow field close that have had open fissures in the past including two sections south of of the berm that are probably 100M lower than the current lava level in A14*. So we can kind of guess at the hydrostatic difference about 2000 kg/m^3 times the current influx of 6 m^3 per second is x the height. 100M. This translates to a difference of energy of 1.2 million joules per second that the system can supply but only half of which to A14*. That energy is being stored in Svartzengi as pressure. When the pressure is high enough it will cause stress fractures and new eruptions. Inevitably this land rise will most likely head to the harbor. The fall back position is if the north wall of A14* collapses and a new lava tube forms to the north, but there is really no place for the lava to go. The growth of Svartzengi declines rapidly and stopped during this eruption but increases as the number of active cones drops which indicative of back pressure created in the system, this indicates to me that A14* can increase flow but only with more rapid increases in the pressure in the system as the system grows, but as it grows there is increased stress on the lower elevations, since these can, potentially, with a large enough rift, releasing the back pressure and the 6 m^3/sec at which point A14* will stop. While we are not seeing it the pond that the crater is feeding is slowly rising up and with that the level in A14* will rise, that creates more backpressure. There is nothing to stop rifting in the plastic lava current north of the crater, the problem is that lava flow into these will just fill in gaps it creates and then stop. The only clear potential outlets of lowest backpressure are in the direction of the harbor.
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Hey Shawn thanks for another great video. If you ever happen to travel route 395 in California again, there's a great cinder cone right next to the highway south of Lone Pine.
Thanks Shawn. 👌🙂👍
I found Leon's channel just before watching this video. The shout out is useful.
There was a large 5+ earthquake in central Iceland today, what does this mean?
@@albertvanlingen7590 probably means more to come.
Thanks to Leon for allowing Shawn to share their drone footage with us.
Thanks Shawn...so easy to understand when you explain it. Thank you Leon for the excellent footage of your drone flight.
thanks for referring to my channel:)
So glad you made it to this eruption. Your videos are second to none. Thank for allowing the use.
We are grateful you let Professor Willsey use it, very interesting and helps everyday folks understand what's going on during the eruption.
Lovely drone footage Leon!
Thank you!
The Lava short has the most amazing close-up, salute! The other short sucks the viewer into the drama; I’ll replay these as go-to for pure amazement.
His drone videos are beautiful! Thanks, Leon!
Thank you, Leon.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful drone footage @lean_frey
Wonderful footage Leon! Beautifull! Really great that you shared this.
Much appreciated Leon!
Thank you for this update. And for calling us team or crew. Our earth is so amazing and the desire to learn (at least for me) never stops. The drone footage gives a better understanding of the height of this cute little spatter cone. Wow. Thank you for the continued respect for the people of Iceland.
You are so good at explaining the eruptions in Iceland. I have learned so much about volcanos. Thank you
Appreciate the update and drone footage. Thank you Shawn and Leon.
Thank you all again putting the information together. Much ❤
Hey Shawn.. I saw this drone footage this morning and was getting ready to send a link to you. So glad Leon’ sent it to you. Great footage and I remember you were hoping to see this kind of footage. Thanks Leon, I’m now a follower. Thank you Shawn for your great teachings. Love this stuff.
Wonderful footage!
As a Icelander kinda love hearing you explain this, i dont hear this type of Explanation on Icelandic telly, They just cut it down to few minutes on news, i Don't know any Icelandic scientist that explains this in detail on YT,
Few good YT ers that explain and show a lot of videos are out there, but noting like this, Cheers m8 & Greetings From Iceland
Many thanks! I will be in Iceland in May.
@@shawnwillsey Well i hope you enjoy your stay 😘
Thanks!
Thanks for the update, it's all so fascinating! Interested to see what is next with this thing. Thanks to Leon for letting you share some of his terrific drone footage in the name of education!
Thank you for the continued updates 😊 much appreciated
Thank you Shawn for the update. Also thank you Leon for allowing Shawn to show us some of your drone video. This is all so interesting and fun to learn.
What an extraordinary case study can be made of this series of eruptions, with Prof. Willsey providing expert guidance. Stunning visuals today. Thank you from Minnesota!
Thanks again for the update. There certainly is a certain degree of uncertainty of that we can be quiet sure.
Thank you Shawn for keeping is informed.
Great update, I learned something new today :) Feels like I'm in Nature's Classroom learning with everyone else. Crazy how there is uplift going on while there is an active eruption. Amazing footage from Leon too, it was very generous of him to allow you share parts of his video on your channel. Cheers!
Thank you @shawnwillsey for another great update! You've answered what's been puzzling me for the past few days: both an uplift and an eruption ongoing, so what could happen next? Thanks to @MandieJo as always for helping you, and to Léon Frey for letting you share portions of his fabulous drone footage! Actually I subscribed to his YT channel just a few hours before you posted this update ;) Thanks again, enjoy the rest of your day and have a nice weekend :)
Hi Shawn and everyone on team.
Thanks Shawn! Thank you Leon for allowing him to use some of your videos. Your video work is amazing.
Thanks, Shawn. Very comprehensive and informative as always.
Leon Frey also made really cool videos on geology in German language. I was watching his lectures in German actually before I stumbled upon Shawn’s channel.
Thanks Shawn - all of that was valuable, well-explained information! Love learning geology!
Thank dear Shawn...also for showing the breathtaking drone videos of Leon Frey..I subcribed to his channel, too... be blessed all of you...stay save... :)
Thanks for all of your hard work man!
Thank you Shawn and Leon for this update.
@Shawn Professor Agust Gudmundsson (that's his YT channel name too) posted a really great video yesterday about dikes, geothermal fluid transport and recent eruptions on the Reykjanes pennisula. Super informative deep-dive type video, but it's a bit jargon-y. I thought of you -- it's a possibility for analysis (like you do for some academic papers), or maybe an interview with Prof Gudmundsson, or just some more historic background on the geologic setting for the Sundhnukar fissure.
Yes, I saw this and his video on dikes was very similar to the overview on dike propagation and arrested dikes that I did a few months ago. Good stuff!
Thanks for the update, it is such an interesting time. thanks to Leon too for sharing his great content.
Thanks Shawn for this great video and thank you Leon for allowing Shawn to share some awesome clips of your video.
Very much appreciated!😊
I have been waiting on you to tell me what I should know about our Iceland volcano. Thank you. Amazing to think that the USA west once looked like this.
Thank you for another informative erupt-date.
I just got back from a trip to Iceland and was able to take a helicopter tour of the eruption the morning of the 19th. It was amazing 🤩 I was also really appreciative that I discovered your channel in November and have been following all of your updates, so I had a really good idea of what I was seeing. Thank you for your helpful and interesting videos 😊
Thank you for the update. It is much appreciated.
Thanks Shawn, your videos are great. You explain things simply, so even I, a retiree, can understand and you have reawakened my love of geology and volcanoes in particular. I usually catch up with your broadcast a day or so later. Thanks to Leon for letting you show some of his amazing drone videos.
Thank you for this update and the link to Leon’s channel. Beautiful videos! I enjoy the uncertainty-since I don’t live in Iceland-and am looking forward to the next phase of the eruptions.
Thank you, Shawn, for the update. I wish I had you when I took my geology classes! I'm going to Iceland in 5 days so I'm excited to see as much of this as possible in person!
Thanks for the update and for the link to Leon Frey's page for his videos and drone footage. :)
Thank you, I’m always looking forward to your updates. Very well explained and interesting.
Webcams on Porbjorn show an incandescent and smoking spot down near the berms. It can be seen at 1:30 position from the cone at the 3:04 time mark in your video.
Thanks for the update Prof. Great drone footage
Thanks to Leon, I have subscribed to his channel.
I love all the sources you keep finding: another source for beautiful video from drones, more sources for scientific analysis, etc. The very last bit, regarding trends (or the lack there of) in the chemical composition of the lava was interesting; I would not have thought to do that, or have known how to interpret the results. Thanks for the beautiful video and great learning.
Thanks for the update , very interesting waters ahead, going to be edge of your seats viewing over the next few weeks
So we start a new way of learning on sight.Thank you , team! Shawn, Amanda, Leon! Great information, absolutely determinated to go through all this together! What a time to witness it all from every corner of the world!!! Thank you, team!!
I love how respectful you are of the drone pilot here, these pics are just amazing 😮 let’s face it, these drone pilots will get more exposure from your channel so really it’s a win win 😊
Great thanks Shawn your a great teacher
Yes, thank you Léon! Great footage!
A little suggestion from those of us who struggle to see. If you make the pointer a little larger, would help.😊 I'm happy to see you changed the colour. 5:59
I have made it bigger already.
Love the updates. ❤. Thank you
Hey Shawn, I am wondering if you are planning to make a video about the recent Ruang Volcano eruption which showed incredible paroxysmal explosive activity. It was a VEI 4 with a 23km high ash plume, it's considered a plinian eruption.
Incredible that we can watch a play by play on an eruption. Thank you for the education / knowledge!
PS - Also enjoyed viewing your back catalog on various geological points of interest in USA!😊😊
Awesome. Lots of good stuff there and I will keep resurrecting some older hidden gems from the collection.
thanks for the update. very interesting
Thank you Professor Wilsey!
So good to learn from kind people,ty.
Good Morning Shawn ,thank you 4 this updates reposting this 2 my fb page 4 u , 2 get word out .
Thanks for your valuable updates!!!
Thanks! Nice shots!
Thanks Shawn ....so easy to understand when you explain it.
Wow! Thank you, Shawn!
thank you for the update enjoy your day
Thank you Leon and Shawn. Very cool
Can’t wait to catch up on this, thank you x
Thank you, Prof Willsey, for the link to Prof Fry’s channel. His 4 most recent videos were mesmerizing and intoxicating, but left me feeling pessimistic about many of our species and left me feeling like a grain of sand. I’d like to share the comment left. Sorry it makes this a bit long.
“Prof Fry, Phenomenal! And this is only the smallest glimpse of the absolute power and majesty mere meters beneath our feet and at the core of our planet. Sadly, we poor Homo sapiens can be so myopic and arrogant that we wage wars against others over petty, personal differences in beliefs! I am certain there is an infinity of space in this small crater of lava for ALL the differences we have with each, and room for more! My hope and prayers are that before jump into the crater we will be see and enjoy the beauty and wonders that surround us, and be able to practice respect and nurture our planet, ourselves, each other and all living things. Thank you Professor.”
You and Prof Fry could create an awesome, over the Himalayas (maybe even the moon) vulcanology curriculum. Thank you again, Team Leader, sir.
Great update thank you.
Sharing is great! But respecting ownership is great too!
Thanks for the excellent video. Shame some don't share - but it's their right. 👍
The drone footage was amazing! Thank you Shawn and Leon.
Thanks for the update, Shawn! I thought of you last week during a visit to Mt. Vesuvius -- climbing to the summit in some of the best spring weather we've had in a long time. I am now contemplating going to Iceland next year (no chance for me to get that trip done before 2025). I'm looking forward to see how the situation in Iceland continues to develop!
One thing that always amazes me is the way the Lava erupts to such a height constantly, this is really heavy molten rock, obviously driven by the gases within. I have to ask this question...How much gas is dissolved into the Magma below ground for these massive "bubbles" of lava to burst like they do. What is the percentage of gas to Magma/Lava on average please?
Thanks Leon - you earned a subscriber
Great presentation and explanation.
Please support Leon who shared his footage by Subscribing to his channel, that sort of cooperative behavior should be encouraged!
Great update! One day this eruption will be a famous case study for volcanologists!
Thank you Shawn. And cudos to Leon for some brilliant footage.
Fascinating! Thanks Shawn
Thanks Professor Willsey!
Thanks, as always!
Truly amazing video. Adds to your analysis. Thanks Shawn.
That new Met Office map shows the cone as being very large. If an eruption ever happened northward Grindavik would be safe. Ty
Thanks Shawn and Leon! This is the little volcano that just keeps going.
Excited today because there is a Second addition of Road Side Geology of New Mexico. I have ordered it.
Great & informative video!
Thank you!
Thx Prof (and Leon). ✌🏻
Wow…what an amazing view, right into the belly of the volcano….thank you!! 😮
Love your videos. Thanks for doing them. I think you might mean "Uncharted" Waters in your Title. Unless, of course, someone is trying to charter those waters ;-)
Doh! Fixed now. Thanks.
@@shawnwillsey In regard to this:
Has this NEVER happened ANYWHERE before? 😮 Or just not in Iceland? 🤔
Thank you ❤️✌️👍
Thank you!
Leon's vids are mesmerizing😍
Can't get over the fact that in spite of all the activity that's transpired since December 2023, Grindavik and the Blue Lagoon have been spared up till this point. Obviously it's a shame the residents have suffered through this extended period. However I'm not so confident these two areas will continue to be protected? Thank you again for your updates and the knowledge you bring. 👍
If the lava flow stops, will the existing lava form a solid layer on top in the cone, with slowly bubbling lava underneath, and are there current examples in the world? Or will it be a continuous slow boil like hot mud? If it forms a layer, how thick would it be and how long would it take to cool - decades?
Or will it slowly sink back into the ground? And remain a potential eruption spot for the future?
How do the levees form?
Lava along sides of channel moves slower so it sticks and builds up.
So interesting to see what may happen next thanks prof shawn wendy albsny western Australia
So weird. Very hard for me to understand how pressure can increase while there is still an erupting path to the surface? Is there a chance that the main magma chamber is actually divided into two main chambers?
Yes. Quite possibly.
Thank you 👍🏼fantastic
Thank you so much for another wonderful update. I never tire of all the science, especially the geochemistry and analysing thin sections.
The weight % graph makes sense too. I wonder if the author is referring to "Le Chatelier's Principle" when he tries to explain re-equilibrates in the paper. If so then my understanding would be that the deep magma influx is mixing with existing magma to find a new equilibrium and hence, no increase in MgO signals. Just my thoughts, that's all.
Magnifient. Thank you!
I don’t think the current crater, which I will call A14*, will continue to erupt indefinitely. There are two many lower lying areas in the flow field close that have had open fissures in the past including two sections south of of the berm that are probably 100M lower than the current lava level in A14*. So we can kind of guess at the hydrostatic difference about 2000 kg/m^3 times the current influx of 6 m^3 per second is x the height. 100M. This translates to a difference of energy of 1.2 million joules per second that the system can supply but only half of which to A14*. That energy is being stored in Svartzengi as pressure. When the pressure is high enough it will cause stress fractures and new eruptions. Inevitably this land rise will most likely head to the harbor. The fall back position is if the north wall of A14* collapses and a new lava tube forms to the north, but there is really no place for the lava to go.
The growth of Svartzengi declines rapidly and stopped during this eruption but increases as the number of active cones drops which indicative of back pressure created in the system, this indicates to me that A14* can increase flow but only with more rapid increases in the pressure in the system as the system grows, but as it grows there is increased stress on the lower elevations, since these can, potentially, with a large enough rift, releasing the back pressure and the 6 m^3/sec at which point A14* will stop. While we are not seeing it the pond that the crater is feeding is slowly rising up and with that the level in A14* will rise, that creates more backpressure. There is nothing to stop rifting in the plastic lava current north of the crater, the problem is that lava flow into these will just fill in gaps it creates and then stop. The only clear potential outlets of lowest backpressure are in the direction of the harbor.