I really hope your Dad is willing to keep appearing on your videos. His insightful knowledge makes these some of the best coverage on the volcano on RUclips!
"A pretty sad attempt" Come on man, I'm sure a lot of people worked really hard on that wall, and honestly I find it rather impressive. I'm not at all surprised the lava has breached it though. I would have been surprised if it didn't...
They may have done better with high pressure water cannons like they did for heimaey eruption to keep it from blocking their rich bay. Those cannon pressure pumps were from usa that one time, good luck on finding that quality from usa or anywhere now.
i believe the wall was built because Science wanted to see how fast it would take to make that wall break, thats my thoughts, it was also made being it would cover the main road going in and out
As I heard the wall was only a test if it's possible to gain some time, maybe for an evacuation. It was not expected to hold back the lava for long time. It's not the first volcano on Iceland. They have some experience about that. Maybe more than the average youtube "expert".
I love your Dad, he is so smart, and his explanations are easy to understand.....I enjoy his enthusiasm, keep him visiting and educating us...God Bless...
My dear man, THE WORLD is "completely hooked" on the antics and growth with magnificent displays of this volcano. A sight to remember and be glad people like you bring it to us. 👍 Thanks🕊️💖
Haunting drone footage. Wonderful blend of music with the raw power of mother nature. Thankyou for your amazing content. The volcano has awoken many deep emotions of wonder.
P.S. the lava wall that got breached, which is shown here at the end of your vid, was the eastern wall, and that happened several days ago. I'm writing this on 5/26/21. The western wall, where the HUGE LAVA flow has gathered has not yet broken through but it's only a matter of time.
The only way to divert a volcano is with Lava stalled with water. Years ago, a city was saved with millions of gallons of seawater pumped from the sea to build a lava wall which diverted the flow to safer lands.
Thé govt is paying for the path upkeep and probably other maintenance as well as security for thousands of tourists. Soooo predictable. Maybe you want local citizens to pay for tourist parking?
Actually the payment goes to the landowners who are using the funds to improve and enlarge the parking, thus making it easier for even more people to walk on their land to access the area. The charge is 8 USD for a full day!
To be fair, if I were a taxpayer in Iceland I wouldn't object to those charges if they went to the government given that the lava will soon destroy a road and telecoms infra.
Do you realize that the wall is not to stop the volcano, as you called it? Right? It's there to either deviate the lava flows, or to stop it for a little while. If the wall wasn't there, the lava would've flowed down the valley many days ago, and, therefore, would be much further from where it's now. Imagine if the volcano stop erupting right now. Would you say the wall was a sad attemp to stop the lava? All that lava that accumulated behind that wall would cool down and solidify, and if the volcano start erupting again, that would be a freaking solid wall, therefore subsequent lava flows would fill other parts of the valley that pose less or no danger to people. Icelanders have been dealing with volcanoes and lava for more than a thousand years, so I think it's safe to say that they know what they're doing, don't you think? So you saying that it's a "sad attemp to stop a volcano" it's a little on the ignorant side from your part in my opinion. It'd be like saying that the Dutch people have no clue on how to stop the sea flooding their country. Cheers.
Thank you again for another excellent video and info. Great views and educational! What the hell, man‽ I learned more today because of you, your dad and your team. Thank you!
Good question. They wanted to stop the lava from flowing towards south and hoped to divert it to flow into another valley to the east of the crater. It failed.
If the lava is just a very viscous liquid, can you not, like water, channel it along a non-destructive path to the ocean to avoid infrastructure damage?
@@heartsmyfaceforever8140 oh wow thats awful, but the video mentioned that its going to end up there inevetably right? so wouldnt it be better to alter the path away from the infrasructure? im genuinely curious of the options they are considering to reduce overall harm to life there
I am so curious. Do you know and can you share with us what kind of cables might be damaged, what kind of discomfort will that cause and whether is there a back up solution?
Fiber optic cables. Telecommunication. Most often these are laid in a ring format to provide a level of redundancy, so there is a temporary backup built in, but for the long term the damaged side of the ring will need to be reinstated, either with aerial cables, or DMR (Digital microwave link). Also a reasonably major road will suffer.
I love how all the non engineers are criticizing and armchair quarterbacking what the engineers should do. Almost as funny as the people who believe movie science.
The gas the reaches the surface, what type of gas is it that it does not ignite while in contact with the lava, perhaps simply the lack of oxygen it's travels? Your dad makes a great reporter, credible and without histrionics. Thanks to both of you. Mike
I have a degree in Geology. That being said I am guessing that the major portion of the gas from the lava to be water vapor. No doubt with portions of nasty sulfides and other acid forming elements as well. The devil's breath. Not flammable, merely capable of dissolving flesh and lung tissue. I am in awe of the technology that enables just a plain ol' ordinary person to record this awesome display of nature and show us what's happening today, half a world away. Amazing. Powerful.
@@andywomack3414 , I believe that some of the gas is carbon dioxide. Some of the volcanoes in the rift valley of Africa have killed people and cattle by saturating lakes with carbon dioxide. This gas is not directly toxic, but it is odorless and colorless and displaces oxygen. However, it was reported a few weeks back that one day the authorities were concerned about the high levels of carbon monoxide on part of the path. I don't recall hearing that again, so I can't comment on how frequently this volcano emits carbon monoxide.
@@stuartschaffner9744 I believe an Icelandic volcano produced so much toxic gas that it killed people in Britain. These are not volcanoes to take lightly. Yea, CO, CO2 etc. CO2 does not simply kill by O2 displacement. I believe 14% CO2 kills. It is the stress from the mild toxicity of CO2 that triggers our automatic breathing. OK, disclaimer, I am speaking from memory, so keep that in mind. Do not take my word for it.
Thanks for your feedback! No, veins of quarts form in silicic deep intrusions. As they solidify the quartz liquid is the last to solidify because of low melting point.
Thank you Ray! I made another video recently where my dad gives an update on the volcano with some more recent footage ruclips.net/video/e_9xLDL7Vwo/видео.html
I will check it out Jon. I am a geologist by trade and retired. I follow you and the volcanic activities in Iceland and the rest of the planet. I appreciate the excellent videos! Cheers!
According to Icelandic news, the walls were made to test the concept to slow down lava in order to allow extra time for orderly and effective evacuations, not an actual system to prevent the lava from advancing. This is to provide information to civil authorities on what type of earth walls would help slow the lava in emergency situations where a wall may need to be built quickly to allow time for evacuations.
yeah, that is the explanation they made up after screwing around for weeks ignoring the scientific models of what might and might not work. They came up with their own stupid idea thinking it would work, and then changed their public explanation when they couldn't admit they were wrong because ... fragile egos or something. Whatever the reason: this explanation is something they made up after the fact - and after ignoring the science.
@@OleSandberg True science explores such questions with experiments, and that is what they did. In fact, the wall did work. The lava only broke through once it reached the level of the wall, as anyone would expect. Only anti-scientists tell other people to "follow the science" when in fact they want to impose their preconceived notions on them. The "follow the science" people will also change their opinion once an experiment has proven them wrong and come up with an explanation after the fact. You mix up facts and theories.
Kind of resented your tone of voice and mockery of the engineers. All they could hope for is if delaying the lava from flowing down onto the valley, with a thousand pounds of luck, maybe in that time the volcanoes might have reduced its volume of lava. Then they would have been heroes. No different than trying to keep the numbers down on Covid. Try to contain it then hope it doesn't get worse. Easy to be an armchair quarterback isn't it
@@eyeonit469 it is possible to contain COVID though you will definitely have outbreaks now and again. Just if people are willing to suffer short term. Larger populations generally will find it harder to contain it. Unless you do what China is doing, mass lockdown of cities.
I really want to go to Finland sometime soon! Most Icelanders would go to a hot country but honestly I like the cold :) And I hate filming in hot humid places haha
I never saw this when it came out 2 years ago! Great footage! Thanks! But just a word: if so many people worked so hard and so fast without a break, day and night, to put that wall up, please don't call it a "pretty poor attempt". They did the best they could as fast as they could and shouldn't we honor that with kind words of praise? instead of making them feel bad? What else could anyone have done? I think its marvelous and it worked to save the valley and Grindavik, for a while at least. Buying time is important too. If I'm not mistaken, you never lifted a finger to do anything about it, did you? So be nice. Yay for the good guys in Iceland!
The lava vs wall isn't as simple as presented. Like the old joke 'I don't have to run faster than the bear, I just have to run faster than you', it doesn't have to hold back the lava forever - just until the lava finds an easier exit.
Honestly I had no idea that was why lava, like... really heavy, dense rock would spurt so high but that explanation makes a lot of sense. Really cool channel ngl
Great shots! Thanks for having father explain the fountains - I didn't understand that mechanism and wondered what made it fly so high for brief periods.
As a 'lapsed' geologist I have always had a dream to see an active Volcano like this. Its mesmerising! Sadly I've not managed it yet but maybe next year, after the worst of the pandemic is out of the way.
LOL! The Plannedemic is over. Don't fear a minor virus that kills no more than the Common Flu. And don't buy the lies from Sleazy Fauci. He is not a real doctor, he is a bureaucrat who has admitted that he and all of the CDC & WHO have been lying to people all along. Go to Islandi and enjoy the volcano! :)
Thank you for the videos and thank you for your dad's narration. Yours are the first videos of the eruption that had a geologist providing information about what is going. I live in the Northwest (USA) and our volcanism is driven by a subduction zone. So our eruptions tend to be hundreds to thousands of years apart, are less mafic and tend to go boom (Mt. St. Helens) I would love it if the professor could go into even greater geological detail like what is the silica percent of the lava.
Gorn Tog's channel had an interesting layman's take on the silicious blue "Pélé's Hair" type earlier today, perhaps a crustal pickup. And the Reykjavik Grapevine's Valur showed what appeared to be olivine (greenish from the mantle).
Hello from a fellow Pacific Northwest Native! I was a senior in high school when Mt St Helens blew! I lived north of Everett at the time and heard two very loud deep booms. I remember not having any clear sunshine days for at least 4 months after that.
@@watrgrl2 I was down in Eugene during that eruption so only got a little ash. I climbed Mt. St. Helen at the last eruption and saw the long columns of hot sticky rocks being squeezed out and forming the lava dome. Nothing like the flows in Iceland.
Watching from inside the extinct shield volcano that is the Otago Harbour of Dunedin New Zealand. As an amateur geology fan and local tour guide I take people to see where lava 13 million years ago flowed out to what are beaches and also to columnar basalt columns near the summit called Organ Pipes. I am really glad to hear it first from your Dad about the gas build up in the magma column. Please thank him. Thanks also to you for bringing this to the watching world.
One thing I thought when I saw the wall is kindof a poor meme at this point. but here goes. We are going to build a Wall, And Have the Volcano Pay for it.
I would enjoy some information from your father about the various textures of lava. Very liquidy, very gooey and smooth, and the crumbly kind. What are they called, and why are they so different if it's all coming from the same crater. Thanks for sharing your videos and thanks to your Dad for his excellent contribution! Your drone footage was awesome!!!!!!!!
As a geology student in iceland i feel like what you are talking abput here is the pahoehoe and A'A lava flows from Hawaii because the basalt there is very similar to the one in Iceland. We call these Helluhraun (large flat rock lavas) and apalhraun (the jagged hurt your feet kind to walk over). Sometimes there is an inbetween one wich is called Kubbahraun and i feel like Geldingadalir is there abouts because of low gas content.
@Mark Hepworth Yes, Google can be used for sure. I use it a lot. But as you mentioned I thought it would be good for content and, furthermore, the person I am asking for the information is a Geologist, not just a journalist. Also, I think his father enjoys being able to share his knowledge here.
Maybe the amount of magma would overwhelm the channel. Because the lava cools, builds up in layers, then next layer flows above it.....! A very large channel will have to be dug up. Large enough to accomodate the buildup of lava.
it's my understanding they built the walls to buy some time so they could figure out what to do about the infrastructure between the volcano and the sea. It's kinda naive to call it a "pretty sad attempt" as this youtuber did. If you look at how much it held back, I think it was a successful wall.
@@banjocinema1954 The walls were part experiment, part delay was one of the hopes. It sad because it didn't delay it enough to be successful enough to try another project. It will reach the roads and cables in 2 weeks to a month, not really enough time or scope.
The wall might work if they worked on the wall continually instead of just putting it up and leaving. Also, the intent would have to be to cause the lava to redirect to another low area. There's no way to simply contain it.
I think you may be right . I have thought this myself , but don’t think I should get too involved with my own ideas since much better and more educated minds have employed themselves in trying to solve the issue of guiding the lava . I do though , look at the feeble looking barrier and think far from enough is being done .
Are they building another wall south of Nathaggi valley? Also I would dig channels to guide the lava into a smaller area so the road is not destroyed everywhere but a specific spot.
The wall was put there to see how effective it might be and to test how well a fibre optic and other cable might last if covered with lava. They laid cable under the berm for the test. There is nowhere to guide the lava to, if enough is produced it will go down Natthagi valley towards the coastal road which can be rebuilt, the biggest concern is damage to the cables that run with the road and are relatively more important.
The wall was a decent attempt to stop a "VOLCANO FLOW". It's not water that can be diverted or contained. This thing flows, cools then builds up in layers. Thus a wall created in the little time they had, was a good attempt to slow down the flow.
They could have made a deep trench all yhe way to the ocean to try to divert it or go old roman school with aquaduct like piping for the lava, they did it for using it.
@Mark Hepworth sigh, then the hydro pump maybe only option if can pump seawater to the area constantly to make a wall high enough that it cannot spill over like they did with heimaey and that one bay, only time diverting lava worked.
@Mark Hepworth ya, don't really have to stop it, just give it a good enough path to the ocean and a decent slope to go down that path. Think of it like heated icing, what can ya do corrale that in small model then upsize that if can. Just remember can't go small or shallow ditch with this cause of cooling layers. Problem is if thete are other settlments in that way. Hmmm... Interesting article I just stumbled acrosd, heard of these attempts. Maybe some need to look into yhem more for yhe just in case for the incominy future. Been getting that be prepared feeling. But here previous attempte at such: www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29136747
I've been watching GutnTog videos. That guy has been pumping out videos since this started. He also likes to throw stuff into the lava to entertain his viewers. 🤣
The difference between those two attitudes is the abilty to move faster than the lava (or pyroclastic flows), the existence of a social safety net to recover afterward, and an interconnected world where losing your crops isn't a condemnation to starvation.
can you please tell us about the mulit colored lava coming out of the volcano? what elements determine the colors? I have seen videos showing pink, blue, silver and green lava also white in some places. I would love to know more about this.
Thanks for your response. The colors of the molten lava reflect temperature. Yellow-to-white are hottest, while orange-red-dark red are not so hot (but still very hot). Colors tilting towards green and blue are because of refraction of light through gases (like in a rainbow)
I know the red/orange/pink hues are due to iron in the lava. The silvery hue is due to the silica that cools smoothly with a mirroring effect. Green, no idea!
They'd _never_ let you get this close to Kilauea in Hawai'i. You'd be fined by now. Also at 2:35, I wouldn't stand that close. I'd be afraid of accidentally falling in.
really fascinating, I love the explanation. I'm an geological engineering student in Indonesia btw, shout out to all geologist and volcanologist, AND YOUR FATHER!!! LOVE YOU ALL.
We visited Iceland from the USA twice & I tell everyone who’ll listen that for a destination that always offers exciting things to see & do with an intelligent, friendly & fun loving population, Iceland, “the land of Ice & Fire”, simply can’t be beat!!!
I think this is the first time that the RUclips algorithm has recommended something actually worth watching! What a beautifully shot and informative video.
That really means a lot. Glad you enjoyed it. I have two other videos that focus more heavily on my dad the Geologist if you want more info on this eruption and the geology of Iceland
Very lovely drone shots, thank you both for taking us all there with you and showing the perspective of the people watching the volcano too, gives us a sense of being there.
Nice video. A couple of points - the 'wall' is a restraining gravity dam (not a vertical edifice), and the 'breaching' is an overflow, as the dam is still intact. Another video sometime please, good work.
They should have called this volcano “Sannleikur” if I am not mistaken and that term means Truth . It cannot be contained, it comes out in spurs and all admire it though are afraid of it. Thanks for this update and stay safe.
@@ElsieDreamWorld I see your point there, but not much truth in politics... but that they leave burned earth behind them, true! Perhaps we should call it "The Politician"
Thank you Penny. I have been called many things in my life, but being told that I am handsome by someone else than my wife is new to me! I am flattered. Handsome, like John Voight, hmm...
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Daddy Geologist is amazing. He knows how fortunate he is to see this, and it shows.
Yeah you should see his face when we are reviewing the footage. He's so happy we can go there and then make these videos together
I really hope your Dad is willing to keep appearing on your videos. His insightful knowledge makes these some of the best coverage on the volcano on RUclips!
We'll collab for more Volcano stuff :) Going to get a Q&A video out soon :)
"A pretty sad attempt"
Come on man, I'm sure a lot of people worked really hard on that wall, and honestly I find it rather impressive.
I'm not at all surprised the lava has breached it though. I would have been surprised if it didn't...
It wasnt the most inspiring description of the wall dramatic interpretation is not looking to be a family trate.
It is a sad attempt for a country that has so many active volcanoes!
They may have done better with high pressure water cannons like they did for heimaey eruption to keep it from blocking their rich bay. Those cannon pressure pumps were from usa that one time, good luck on finding that quality from usa or anywhere now.
i believe the wall was built because Science wanted to see how fast it would take to make that wall break, thats my thoughts, it was also made being it would cover the main road going in and out
As I heard the wall was only a test if it's possible to gain some time, maybe for an evacuation. It was not expected to hold back the lava for long time. It's not the first volcano on Iceland. They have some experience about that. Maybe more than the average youtube "expert".
Great description by Ólafur of what's going on below the surface of the lava lake.
Amazing footage in the middle when Professor was talking about the gases.
I agree! Very informative! Thank you for posting this for us all to see. That drone footage is amazingly beautiful!
Thank you! Comments like this make it all worth it
Basically, Iceland is belching.
Only Congress and Parliament can emit more hot air than the volcano!
@@beatlesrgear 😂 ain't that the truth!
Thanks for sharing. The footage was amazing. Thank your Dad as well, it wonderful to hear from someone who knows what is happening. Stay safe
This is the best pro video I’ve ever seen about volcanos activity. Well done to the camera man and the rest who helped them
I love your Dad, he is so smart, and his explanations are easy to understand.....I enjoy his enthusiasm, keep him visiting and educating us...God Bless...
My dear man, THE WORLD is "completely hooked" on the antics and growth with magnificent displays of this volcano. A sight to remember and be glad people like you bring it to us. 👍 Thanks🕊️💖
This Professor is fantastic at explaining what is going on. Many thanks indeed Professor! 🌋👍🏻😷
Haunting drone footage.
Wonderful blend of music with the raw power of mother nature.
Thankyou for your amazing content.
The volcano has awoken many deep emotions of wonder.
Thank you... it makes me want to jump on a plane and fly from Australia over to see the volcano myself... 😀
I wish
Excellent footage, well done and thanks for posting!
The music detracts from the majesty of the scenery!
"Gravity never rests" - very true. :-)
One of the more informative videos about this eruption, thank you for sharing this with us :)
The filming by the drone is fantastic to be able to look done into the volcano
sure my friend !!! would you tell me wich drone is it ???
Hauntingly beautiful to watch the lava rivers.
Gorgeous pictures + music. Thank you so much.
Great music, sets the tone of what's happening
Glad you liked it! Some like it some don't, so in the end I have no other choice but to use music that I personally think fits :)
Amazing!
Love from California 🙏🏼🥰
Great footage, drone work and commentary. Many thanks to you, your Dad and the kind 'breaching of wall' video contributor. Stay safe! 🙏
🥺🌋 - Wow just amazing imagery and super interesting commentary! Subbed!
Thank you so much!
Hence the parking fees. They have been busy.
Thanks for the lovely footage, and your dad’s great talks.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Superb drone shots and great insights once again. Takk 👍
Wow so deadly and yet so Beautiful
P.S. the lava wall that got breached, which is shown here at the end of your vid, was the eastern wall, and that happened several days ago. I'm writing this on 5/26/21. The western wall, where the HUGE LAVA flow has gathered has not yet broken through but it's only a matter of time.
GREAT JOB TEAM
Thankyou for showing us.
Fantastic drone images. Thank you
The only way to divert a volcano is with Lava stalled with water. Years ago, a city was saved with millions of gallons of seawater pumped from the sea to build a lava wall which diverted the flow to safer lands.
"now we need to pay to park there" Governments are sooooo predictable.....
Got to pay for more walls ;p
Thé govt is paying for the path upkeep and probably other maintenance as well as security for thousands of tourists. Soooo predictable. Maybe you want local citizens to pay for tourist parking?
Actually the payment goes to the landowners who are using the funds to improve and enlarge the parking, thus making it easier for even more people to walk on their land to access the area. The charge is 8 USD for a full day!
To be fair, if I were a taxpayer in Iceland I wouldn't object to those charges if they went to the government given that the lava will soon destroy a road and telecoms infra.
@@bjorgolfurhavarsson3984 Question, how do you pay for the parking? I read something about an app, however does that also work for tourists?
Do you realize that the wall is not to stop the volcano, as you called it? Right? It's there to either deviate the lava flows, or to stop it for a little while. If the wall wasn't there, the lava would've flowed down the valley many days ago, and, therefore, would be much further from where it's now.
Imagine if the volcano stop erupting right now. Would you say the wall was a sad attemp to stop the lava? All that lava that accumulated behind that wall would cool down and solidify, and if the volcano start erupting again, that would be a freaking solid wall, therefore subsequent lava flows would fill other parts of the valley that pose less or no danger to people.
Icelanders have been dealing with volcanoes and lava for more than a thousand years, so I think it's safe to say that they know what they're doing, don't you think? So you saying that it's a "sad attemp to stop a volcano" it's a little on the ignorant side from your part in my opinion. It'd be like saying that the Dutch people have no clue on how to stop the sea flooding their country.
Cheers.
Ja również się uzależniłem. Oglądam wszystko co znajdę na temat wulkanu.
love your vid keep up the good filming very nice...
Thanks for your explanation and footage 😎🥰😎 bw from Germany 🇩🇪
Thank you again for another excellent video and info. Great views and educational! What the hell, man‽ I learned more today because of you, your dad and your team. Thank you!
Stay safe. I am next to yellow Stone in Idaho..
I’m coming to Iceland last week in July ! Hope to get to see some of this
Awesome!
Great to see another video from you guys! Love the volcano lessons from your dad.🤗
Music in the first quarter was abit destracting though 😕
Great video 👏🏼
Fascinating. Was the wall supposed to completely block the flow or divert it?
Good question. They wanted to stop the lava from flowing towards south and hoped to divert it to flow into another valley to the east of the crater. It failed.
If the lava is just a very viscous liquid, can you not, like water, channel it along a non-destructive path to the ocean to avoid infrastructure damage?
When lava hits ocean water it creates a hydrochloric acid plumb which is deadly to all living things
@@heartsmyfaceforever8140 oh wow thats awful, but the video mentioned that its going to end up there inevetably right? so wouldnt it be better to alter the path away from the infrasructure? im genuinely curious of the options they are considering to reduce overall harm to life there
Greetings from the BIG SKY.
Tack så mycket!!
Loved it. Awesome videos!
I am so curious. Do you know and can you share with us what kind of cables might be damaged, what kind of discomfort will that cause and whether is there a back up solution?
Fiber optic cables. Telecommunication. Most often these are laid in a ring format to provide a level of redundancy, so there is a temporary backup built in, but for the long term the damaged side of the ring will need to be reinstated, either with aerial cables, or DMR (Digital microwave link). Also a reasonably major road will suffer.
I wish there was a sense of scale to compare to the size of the cone.
What's the air temperature at the crater rim? Great video of the earth renewing itself, thanks.
Thanks for your feedback! The temperature of the lava in the crater is around 1100°C
Could the earth turn itself inside out? Imagine!
Its where Kong lives
Why do the USA NOT use a Roadside Breathalizer Test like we all in the other countries have used for years.
I bet it looks cool asf at night
Somebody take a pack of hot dogs and have “Lava dogs”
for lunch!
and some marshmallow
1.25 million cubic meters of magma flow per day! That is a cube 110 meters long on each side!
I love how all the non engineers are criticizing and armchair quarterbacking what the engineers should do. Almost as funny as the people who believe movie science.
That is the problem these days. People have opinions that shouldn't.
my brain knows that i shouldn’t do it but my body really wants to put my hand in it around 3:00 minute mark
The gas the reaches the surface, what type of gas is it that it does not ignite while in contact with the lava, perhaps simply the lack of oxygen it's travels? Your dad makes a great reporter, credible and without histrionics. Thanks to both of you.
Mike
I have a degree in Geology. That being said I am guessing that the major portion of the gas from the lava to be water vapor. No doubt with portions of nasty sulfides and other acid forming elements as well. The devil's breath. Not flammable, merely capable of dissolving flesh and lung tissue.
I am in awe of the technology that enables just a plain ol' ordinary person to record this awesome display of nature and show us what's happening today, half a world away.
Amazing. Powerful.
@@andywomack3414 , I believe that some of the gas is carbon dioxide. Some of the volcanoes in the rift valley of Africa have killed people and cattle by saturating lakes with carbon dioxide. This gas is not directly toxic, but it is odorless and colorless and displaces oxygen. However, it was reported a few weeks back that one day the authorities were concerned about the high levels of carbon monoxide on part of the path. I don't recall hearing that again, so I can't comment on how frequently this volcano emits carbon monoxide.
@@stuartschaffner9744 I believe an Icelandic volcano produced so much toxic gas that it killed people in Britain. These are not volcanoes to take lightly.
Yea, CO, CO2 etc.
CO2 does not simply kill by O2 displacement. I believe 14% CO2 kills.
It is the stress from the mild toxicity of CO2 that triggers our automatic breathing.
OK, disclaimer, I am speaking from memory, so keep that in mind. Do not take my word for it.
@@andywomack3414 , Thanks!
What would happen if a firefighter plane dropped a load of water in the crater, apart from a lot of steam?
God adding just the right amount of weight to counter the loss of ice...
Is this how veins of quarts is formed?
Thanks for your feedback! No, veins of quarts form in silicic deep intrusions. As they solidify the quartz liquid is the last to solidify because of low melting point.
I completely enjoyed you and your fathers (the professor) “calming” spin along with the music during your drone footage. Excellent video.
Thank you Ray! I made another video recently where my dad gives an update on the volcano with some more recent footage ruclips.net/video/e_9xLDL7Vwo/видео.html
I will check it out Jon. I am a geologist by trade and retired. I follow you and the volcanic activities in Iceland and the rest of the planet.
I appreciate the excellent videos!
Cheers!
Still impressive after so many weeks. Guess I'm hooked, too ;)
But thanks to you, I don't have to fly to Iceland (no time/money) to enjoy this event.
I am happy to hear that! I try to convey the experience of going to the volcano in my videos. Not just show off the cool shots :)
This can go on for 100 years, so ? On when it will end.
According to Icelandic news, the walls were made to test the concept to slow down lava in order to allow extra time for orderly and effective evacuations, not an actual system to prevent the lava from advancing. This is to provide information to civil authorities on what type of earth walls would help slow the lava in emergency situations where a wall may need to be built quickly to allow time for evacuations.
yeah, that is the explanation they made up after screwing around for weeks ignoring the scientific models of what might and might not work. They came up with their own stupid idea thinking it would work, and then changed their public explanation when they couldn't admit they were wrong because ... fragile egos or something. Whatever the reason: this explanation is something they made up after the fact - and after ignoring the science.
@@OleSandberg True science explores such questions with experiments, and that is what they did. In fact, the wall did work. The lava only broke through once it reached the level of the wall, as anyone would expect. Only anti-scientists tell other people to "follow the science" when in fact they want to impose their preconceived notions on them. The "follow the science" people will also change their opinion once an experiment has proven them wrong and come up with an explanation after the fact. You mix up facts and theories.
Kind of resented your tone of voice and mockery of the engineers. All they could hope for is if delaying the lava from flowing down onto the valley, with a thousand pounds of luck, maybe in that time the volcanoes might have reduced its volume of lava. Then they would have been heroes. No different than trying to keep the numbers down on Covid. Try to contain it then hope it doesn't get worse. Easy to be an armchair quarterback isn't it
@@hinkelstein69, " True science explores such questions with" ?? Proven models from climate gurus, linke Mr. Mann??
@@eyeonit469 it is possible to contain COVID though you will definitely have outbreaks now and again.
Just if people are willing to suffer short term.
Larger populations generally will find it harder to contain it. Unless you do what China is doing, mass lockdown of cities.
Many thanks to the professor! Also, your drone footage was spectacular.
Thank you for your great work with these videos! Kudos from Finland! 🙏🏽 Amazing footage 👀🙌🏽
Your welcome
I really want to go to Finland sometime soon! Most Icelanders would go to a hot country but honestly I like the cold :) And I hate filming in hot humid places haha
I never saw this when it came out 2 years ago! Great footage! Thanks! But just a word: if so many people worked so hard and so fast without a break, day and night, to put that wall up, please don't call it a "pretty poor attempt". They did the best they could as fast as they could and shouldn't we honor that with kind words of praise? instead of making them feel bad? What else could anyone have done? I think its marvelous and it worked to save the valley and Grindavik, for a while at least. Buying time is important too. If I'm not mistaken, you never lifted a finger to do anything about it, did you? So be nice. Yay for the good guys in Iceland!
wow that can't be two years ago!!
Or is it!!
I can't get enough of these videos
X2 on that comment!
I've been watching everything from the volcanos since the beginning, sevral times a day 😂👍
I can't either. This has been so fascinating.
Island, the only country with a "real" growth in 2020 and 21!!
Yes come to iceland to visit. We need your cash man.
It is so beautiful ❤️
Everyone's a civil engineer when it's time to stop the lava!
They tried. They experimented. They learned. Now they know.
Exactly, a perfect chance to experiment with a relatively "tame" lava flow.
The lava vs wall isn't as simple as presented. Like the old joke 'I don't have to run faster than the bear, I just have to run faster than you', it doesn't have to hold back the lava forever - just until the lava finds an easier exit.
@@michaelwoodhams7866 it bought them time! Time to prepare and get people out of harms way!
Now they know ______. (how to waste energy)
i think the more logical way to solve it is build a canal instead of a dam.. a canal that would drain to the sea, with a riprap on both sides
It is really good to hear your Dad explain why there is a delay to the “eruptions” Jon.
Honestly I had no idea that was why lava, like... really heavy, dense rock would spurt so high but that explanation makes a lot of sense. Really cool channel ngl
Great shots! Thanks for having father explain the fountains - I didn't understand that mechanism and wondered what made it fly so high for brief periods.
Me too... it's like he's reading our minds.
As a 'lapsed' geologist I have always had a dream to see an active Volcano like this. Its mesmerising! Sadly I've not managed it yet but maybe next year, after the worst of the pandemic is out of the way.
Iceland is pretty good for tourism now. Many of the people on location were from abroad. Hope you find the chance to go!
LOL! The Plannedemic is over. Don't fear a minor virus that kills no more than the Common Flu. And don't buy the lies from Sleazy Fauci. He is not a real doctor, he is a bureaucrat who has admitted that he and all of the CDC & WHO have been lying to people all along.
Go to Islandi and enjoy the volcano! :)
@@beatlesrgear wrong.
@@beatlesrgear 🤣 stop it with your jokes 🥱
The professor is a cool dude.
2:18 "I'm completely hooked". Even during the interview, he just has to look again and again. 😁
Thank you for the videos and thank you for your dad's narration. Yours are the first videos of the eruption that had a geologist providing information about what is going. I live in the Northwest (USA) and our volcanism is driven by a subduction zone. So our eruptions tend to be hundreds to thousands of years apart, are less mafic and tend to go boom (Mt. St. Helens) I would love it if the professor could go into even greater geological detail like what is the silica percent of the lava.
Gorn Tog's channel had an interesting layman's take on the silicious blue "Pélé's Hair" type earlier today, perhaps a crustal pickup. And the Reykjavik Grapevine's Valur showed what appeared to be olivine (greenish from the mantle).
Hello from a fellow Pacific Northwest Native! I was a senior in high school when Mt St Helens blew! I lived north of Everett at the time and heard two very loud deep booms. I remember not having any clear sunshine days for at least 4 months after that.
@@generalputnam8387 Thanks, I will check those out.
@@watrgrl2 I was down in Eugene during that eruption so only got a little ash. I climbed Mt. St. Helen at the last eruption and saw the long columns of hot sticky rocks being squeezed out and forming the lava dome. Nothing like the flows in Iceland.
Thank you for the positive feedback. The silicic content of this primitive basalt is probably close to 45%
I want to hear more from your father. Great photography!
He will be happy to hear that!
Watching from inside the extinct shield volcano that is the Otago Harbour of Dunedin New Zealand. As an amateur geology fan and local tour guide I take people to see where lava 13 million years ago flowed out to what are beaches and also to columnar basalt columns near the summit called Organ Pipes. I am really glad to hear it first from your Dad about the gas build up in the magma column. Please thank him. Thanks also to you for bringing this to the watching world.
One thing I thought when I saw the wall is kindof a poor meme at this point. but here goes.
We are going to build a Wall, And Have the Volcano Pay for it.
Thanks for giving us, the mexican, a break.
You're lucky it took them so long to figure out the paid parking portion of the adventure.
There is really poor cell service in the parking lot so its hard to pay
Gotta pay for the wall...
@@pkendlers No I'm thinking the money is to pay for a new carpark when this one gets melted and buried.
drone footage is beyond spectacular, wd. keep it up.
So good to hear! Thank you!
Iceland will be the biggest island in the Atlantic soon!
I would enjoy some information from your father about the various textures of lava. Very liquidy, very gooey and smooth, and the crumbly kind. What are they called, and why are they so different if it's all coming from the same crater. Thanks for sharing your videos and thanks to your Dad for his excellent contribution! Your drone footage was awesome!!!!!!!!
As a geology student in iceland i feel like what you are talking abput here is the pahoehoe and A'A lava flows from Hawaii because the basalt there is very similar to the one in Iceland.
We call these Helluhraun (large flat rock lavas) and apalhraun (the jagged hurt your feet kind to walk over). Sometimes there is an inbetween one wich is called Kubbahraun and i feel like Geldingadalir is there abouts because of low gas content.
To note, these are sorted as cooled forms! Different lavas produce different forms:)
@Mark Hepworth Yes, Google can be used for sure. I use it a lot. But as you mentioned I thought it would be good for content and, furthermore, the person I am asking for the information is a Geologist, not just a journalist. Also, I think his father enjoys being able to share his knowledge here.
You have come to the right place to learn about it💖
Thank you Maggie! We actually made an update video recently, with just my dad ruclips.net/video/e_9xLDL7Vwo/видео.html
Now we need an army of drones to capture every square foot for every second in 8k then use computers to render it in 3d
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im sure they are working on it....
Instead of trying to block it why wouldn’t they dig a channel for it to flow out to sea or wherever they want to try and direct it
Maybe the amount of magma would overwhelm the channel. Because the lava cools, builds up in layers, then next layer flows above it.....!
A very large channel will have to be dug up. Large enough to accomodate the buildup of lava.
it's my understanding they built the walls to buy some time so they could figure out what to do about the infrastructure between the volcano and the sea. It's kinda naive to call it a "pretty sad attempt" as this youtuber did. If you look at how much it held back, I think it was a successful wall.
@@banjocinema1954 The walls were part experiment, part delay was one of the hopes. It sad because it didn't delay it enough to be successful enough to try another project. It will reach the roads and cables in 2 weeks to a month, not really enough time or scope.
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Doesnt work. We tried that in Hawaii in the past. It may temporarily slow it down. But eventually the lava takes what it wants.
Thank you for keeping us updated. Again, I love hearing from your dad!
The music at 8:10 combined with the awe inspiring footage gives an almost spiritual feeling. We are so small compared to the raw power of nature.
So amazing to hear that! I searched long for a track that fit
The wall might work if they worked on the wall continually instead of just putting it up and leaving. Also, the intent would have to be to cause the lava to redirect to another low area. There's no way to simply contain it.
I think you may be right . I have thought this myself , but don’t think I should get too involved with my own ideas since much better and more educated minds have employed themselves in trying to solve the issue of guiding the lava . I do though , look at the feeble looking barrier and think far from enough is being done .
Are they building another wall south of Nathaggi valley? Also I would dig channels to guide the lava into a smaller area so the road is not destroyed everywhere but a specific spot.
@@TheBlacktom hmm a bridge over a lava chanel... I want to walk over that.
The wall was put there to see how effective it might be and to test how well a fibre optic and other cable might last if covered with lava. They laid cable under the berm for the test.
There is nowhere to guide the lava to, if enough is produced it will go down Natthagi valley towards the coastal road which can be rebuilt, the biggest concern is damage to the cables that run with the road and are relatively more important.
Yes one of the reasons behind this wall was to see if it would divert the flow back again over to Merardalir.
The wall was a decent attempt to stop a "VOLCANO FLOW". It's not water that can be diverted or contained. This thing flows, cools then builds up in layers. Thus a wall created in the little time they had, was a good attempt to slow down the flow.
They could have made a deep trench all yhe way to the ocean to try to divert it or go old roman school with aquaduct like piping for the lava, they did it for using it.
@Mark Hepworth sigh, then the hydro pump maybe only option if can pump seawater to the area constantly to make a wall high enough that it cannot spill over like they did with heimaey and that one bay, only time diverting lava worked.
@Mark Hepworth welp, it was said that this eruption may go on for 100 years, aka a century. So? On when this one ends.
@Mark Hepworth ya, don't really have to stop it, just give it a good enough path to the ocean and a decent slope to go down that path. Think of it like heated icing, what can ya do corrale that in small model then upsize that if can. Just remember can't go small or shallow ditch with this cause of cooling layers. Problem is if thete are other settlments in that way. Hmmm... Interesting article I just stumbled acrosd, heard of these attempts. Maybe some need to look into yhem more for yhe just in case for the incominy future. Been getting that be prepared feeling. But here previous attempte at such: www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29136747
@Mark Hepworth that's the rub as well
I know that if I had been there 15 times, I'd have definitely thrown at least 1 rock into the lava.
I've been watching GutnTog videos. That guy has been pumping out videos since this started. He also likes to throw stuff into the lava to entertain his viewers. 🤣
Ancient people called this "Hell on Earth"
I call it a B-E-Autiful View
Thank you Very Much!!!!
The difference between those two attitudes is the abilty to move faster than the lava (or pyroclastic flows), the existence of a social safety net to recover afterward, and an interconnected world where losing your crops isn't a condemnation to starvation.
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also it's calm and remote enough, for now, that it won't catch any townsfolk on surprise, like the Vesuv did to Pompeji.
can you please tell us about the mulit colored lava coming out of the volcano? what elements determine the colors? I have seen videos showing pink, blue, silver and green lava also white in some places. I would love to know more about this.
Thanks for your response. The colors of the molten lava reflect temperature. Yellow-to-white are hottest, while orange-red-dark red are not so hot (but still very hot). Colors tilting towards green and blue are because of refraction of light through gases (like in a rainbow)
I know the red/orange/pink hues are due to iron in the lava. The silvery hue is due to the silica that cools smoothly with a mirroring effect. Green, no idea!
@@bjorgolfurhavarsson3984 Thank you! I understand the green is olivine crystals and the white could be Ryolite? (sp)
@@KimmyLambert That (ryolite) is very probable. Ryolite is common allover Iceland in dirty gray/yellowish shades.
They'd _never_ let you get this close to Kilauea in Hawai'i. You'd be fined by now. Also at 2:35, I wouldn't stand that close. I'd be afraid of accidentally falling in.
There is spots they would let you get close and even walk across recent past flows where you can still see glowing spots in the lava fields.
i think the camera is making it closer than it seems
My fear would be losing consciousness to the gasses.
American's are soft compared to Icelanders
A coupla good tremors and some uneven ground would do it.
really fascinating, I love the explanation. I'm an geological engineering student in Indonesia btw, shout out to all geologist and volcanologist, AND YOUR FATHER!!! LOVE YOU ALL.
We visited Iceland from the USA twice & I tell everyone who’ll listen that for a destination that always offers exciting things to see & do with an intelligent, friendly & fun loving population, Iceland, “the land of Ice & Fire”, simply can’t be beat!!!
I think this is the first time that the RUclips algorithm has recommended something actually worth watching! What a beautifully shot and informative video.
That really means a lot. Glad you enjoyed it. I have two other videos that focus more heavily on my dad the Geologist if you want more info on this eruption and the geology of Iceland
This is outrageous!!!! And I have seen women naked !!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Very lovely drone shots, thank you both for taking us all there with you and showing the perspective of the people watching the volcano too, gives us a sense of being there.
A real family effort. Well done. I really like your dad’s explanations. Down to earth and not full of geospeak terminology. Thank you all.
Thank you thank you……..enjoyed the geology check in with you. Be safe
Nice video. A couple of points - the 'wall' is a restraining gravity dam (not a vertical edifice), and the 'breaching' is an overflow, as the dam is still intact. Another video sometime please, good work.
Good point! Thanks for that :)!
They should have called this volcano “Sannleikur” if I am not mistaken and that term means Truth . It cannot be contained, it comes out in spurs and all admire it though are afraid of it. Thanks for this update and stay safe.
That is perhaps a very apt name. However, the truth rarely leves burned ruin behind it.
spurts
@@bjorgolfurhavarsson3984 Oh, but many times it does, just check politics😄
@@ElsieDreamWorld I see your point there, but not much truth in politics... but that they leave burned earth behind them, true! Perhaps we should call it "The Politician"
Just found your channel! Been watching the lava 24 hours a day for a week now. Your dad looks like John Voight, very handsome :)
Thank you Penny!
Thank you Penny. I have been called many things in my life, but being told that I am handsome by someone else than my wife is new to me! I am flattered. Handsome, like John Voight, hmm...