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[maquiladora]

As most of you following this are already aware, there is some speculation that Barðarbunga's magma intrusion will reach the nearby Askja's magma system within a few days.

This has now happened. Whether it will actually lead to an eruption there or not, nobody knows, but Askja alert level has been raised to yellow now.

The dyke has now reached the fissure system of the Askja volcano and GPS measurements indicate that the area there is greatly affected.

 

[Yamauchi]

It may be beginning to erupt. Apparent lava on livecam: http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga

 

[maquiladora]

It may be beginning to erupt. Apparent lava on livecam: http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga

That is indeed lava. That's erupting above the magma intrusion between the glacier and Askja volcano. Hard to tell how large. Outside the glacier so there shouldn't be too much ash for now at least, but its possible this is only the start of something larger.

Edit : Confirmed.

A fissure eruption has started north of Dynjujökull

 

[jstripes]

So, how big do you think this is gonna be?

 

[Stormwatch]

It is hard to determine size on the webcam because it is nighttime. There is no reference in the picture.

 

[maquiladora]

It is hard to determine size on the webcam because it is nighttime. There is no reference in the picture.

First reports say its 300-400m long, so not very big at the moment.

 

[Kinvara]

Is it at risk of triggering a more explosive eruption?

Can't find that much info on it at the moment.

 

[Tawpgun]

Is it at risk of triggering a more explosive eruption?

Can't find that much info on it at the moment.

No. Most likely its just gonna effuse out. Don't know how long for though

EDIT: Activity is already decreasing. So signs point to not that big a deal. Don't expect any ash though.

 

[maquiladora]

Black line is the magma intrusion, the small blue line is the fissure, estimated at about 1km long now. Long how it will go on for or whether magma will erupt at other points above the intrusion, there is no way of knowing.

Good news at the moment is no disruption to air travel and no flooding since it's happening outside of the glacier.

 

[Tawpgun]

My instructor posted this video

http://www.ruv.is/frett/magnadar-myndir-af-eldgosinu

 

[Grym]

I was just browsing headlines at CNN and saw:

Volcano sends ash 60,000 feet in air

And came directly here to read this thread before actually reading the CNN article and realizing it was a different volcano.

 

[maquiladora]

New fissure eruption this morning, at the same location.

 

[Dicer]

My friend just headed to Iceland on vacation, an eruption would be well...not good.

 

[maquiladora]

Visible now from this camera 30km away.

http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/

 

[Tugatrix]

My friend just headed to Iceland on vacation, an eruption would be well...not good.

He'll be fine that country is mostly non habited and the habited areas are not near volcanoes

 

[InfiniteBento]

Visible now from this camera 30km away.

http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/

Woah. That's pretty insane.

 

[maquiladora]

Woah. That's pretty insane.

Those lava fountains are up to around 200ft high.

 

[RedBaron17]

Visible now from this camera 30km away.

http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/

Oh man, I'm getting "Server not found." Bummer.

What am I missing?

 

[everyday math]

New fissure eruption this morning, at the same location.

That's awesome.

 

[Strax]

He'll be fine that country is mostly non habited and the habited areas are not near volcanoes

That's false.

 

[sinxtanx]

I'm also just getting "Server not found" from the stream links

any alternatives?

EDIT: Youtube restream

 

[Bedameister]

I'm also just getting "Server not found" from the stream links

any alternatives?

EDIT: Youtube restream

wtf I can't even watch live streams because of law issues. Germany for fuck's sake

 

[Tugatrix]

That's false.

you guys live near the volcanoes? in an island that big with so few why live near one?

 

[MikeDown]

I'm also just getting "Server not found" from the stream links

any alternatives?

EDIT: Youtube restream

ooooh interesting

 

[Strax]

you guys live near the volcanoes? in an island that big with so few why live near one?

If you are gonna live in Iceland you will live close to a volcano, they are over 130.

 

[maquiladora]

Some really nice lava fountains on the cam now, if you get an error just refresh it until it loads.

http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/

 

[maquiladora]

Looks awesome now after dark. The camera is about 30km away. Lava foundation are 60-70m high and the lava flood extending from the fissure is moving at 2m per minute.

This stream should work fine :

http://www.visir.is/haegt-ad-fylgjast-med-gosinu-a-vefnum/article/2014140839916

 

[IdreamofHIME]

you guys live near the volcanoes? in an island that big with so few why live near one?

The whole island is volcanoes....

 

[jstripes]

New fissure eruption this morning, at the same location.

Dethklok needs to do a live performance there.

 

[maquiladora]

Some awesome pictures.

 

[wmlk]

Some awesome pictures.

Wow, these look surreal.

 

[GasProblem]

http://www.ruv.is/frett/everything-changes-when-night-falls

An awesome videos of some of the lava fountains.

Would love to see it in real life, but at the same time I'd be way too scared the thing actually goes boom.

And another cool picture from twitter with the eruption in the background: https://twitter.com/gislidua/status/506773768682110977/photo/1

And in this video you can really hear the sound of the cooling lava: http://vimeo.com/105309710

 

[maquiladora]

Some great nice pictures from VolcanoCafe

 

[Yamauchi]

Amazing pictures, maquiladora.

There is growing speculation and concern about subsidence in the Bartharbunga caldera.

http://www.ruv.is/frett/gravely-concerned-about-bardarbunga

One Icelandic volcanologist speculates that it could create a very large explosive eruption and massive glacial flooding: http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/

 

[maquiladora]

Amazing pictures, maquiladora.

There is growing speculation and concern about subsidence in the Bartharbunga caldera.

http://www.ruv.is/frett/gravely-concerned-about-bardarbunga

One Icelandic volcanologist speculates that it could create a very large explosive eruption and massive glacial flooding: http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/

Officially, a large eruption at the caldera is now 1 of the 3 most likely scenarios. The Iceland Met Office placed a GPS station on the glacier directly over the center of the caldera a couple of day ago. You can see the plot here, updates every 5 minutes.

http://brunnur.vedur.is/pub/bgo/figs/

This is already the greatest subsidence of a volcano ever measured in modern times in Iceland and it continues to drop. Nobody knows if it will stop or continue until a collapse, it could drop for several hundred meters before that happens, nobody really knows, there hasn't been a large eruption at Bardarbunga for over 500 years.

 

[lazygecko]

It's still erupting. Here is some aerial footage:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ing-out-of-icelandic-volcano/article22492213/

 

[DrM]

It's still erupting. Here is some aerial footage:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ing-out-of-icelandic-volcano/article22492213/

Lava field size is now over 84 square kilometers. Icelandic Met Office reported that lava flow is estimated at 50-70 cubic meters per second and it is quite constant. Sulphuric dioxide levels are still very high. IMO is reporting three possible scenarios in their weekly report:

• The eruption in Holuhraun continues until the subsidence of the Bardarbunga caldera stops. The eruption can still go on for many months.
• The volcanic fissure may lengthen southwards under Dyngjujokull, resulting in a jokulhlaup* and an ash - producing eruption. It is also possible that eruptive fissures could develop in another location under the glacier. If such an eruption would be prolonged it could eventually produce a lava flow
• Volcanic eruption in the Bardarbunga caldera. Such an eruption would melt large quantities of ice, leading to a major jokulhlaup*, accompanied by ash fall.

Other scenarios cannot be excluded.
* 'glacier outburst flood

 

[cyberheater]

Officially, a large eruption at the caldera is now 1 of the 3 most likely scenarios. The Iceland Met Office placed a GPS station on the glacier directly over the center of the caldera a couple of day ago. You can see the plot here, updates every 5 minutes.

http://brunnur.vedur.is/pub/bgo/figs/

This is already the greatest subsidence of a volcano ever measured in modern times in Iceland and it continues to drop. Nobody knows if it will stop or continue until a collapse, it could drop for several hundred meters before that happens, nobody really knows, there hasn't been a large eruption at Bardarbunga for over 500 years.

Wow. I wasn't expecting to see something that big. Amazing.

 

[Strax]

No worries
It's all good here