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[CFMOORE!]

looks like a nuke went off.

 

[Escape Goat]

From here.

Thats pretty cool.

 

[DrM]

Considering last time it fucked up air travel for months, yes.

Such peaceful time it was (i live under busy air 'road' ). No freaking DHL planes in the middle of the night....

 

[abracadaver]

I cant find any news about this

 

[Treefingers]

Another photo:



Pretty damn big

 

[Jal]

Why won't it cause air travel disruption, wind not blowing the right way?

 

[Vanille]

Cool, let's get this rapture shit started already.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Eyfjallajokull again?

No, it's got an easier name this time: Grimsvoetn.

 

[Treefingers]

No, it's got an easier name this time: Grimsvoetn.

Just rolls off the tongue

 

[Suikoguy]

Iceland loves naming things by face-palming the keyboard.

 

[jamieson87]

Iceland loves naming things by face-palming the keyboard.

hahahaha, nice way of putting that.

 

[Always-honest]

rah rah ah ah ah.

 

[PJV3]

I thought Efsjkklfjkrl was supposed to set Katla off.

That's what i thought, Ejjfffiikktlkrul was meant to be the harbinger of doom, bit of a let down really. Good for Icelanders though.

 

[Zanosuke]

Some more info:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/38526

Current earthquakes (map):
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

Weather map (satellite):
http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

 

[PJV3]

"Police are also monitoring roads that could be hit by jokulhlaups". sounds painful.

 

[Flambe]

"Police are also monitoring roads that could be hit by jokulhlaups". sounds painful.

Jokalops is my new favourite word

 

[Cyport]

God no: UPDATE 6:00 PM (Eastern): Air traffic has been banned in a radius of ~200 km / 120 miles around the volcano (Icelandic) and any air traffic over Iceland will be routed south tonight. The eruption seems to be larger (Icelandic) than in 2004 as well.

Winds please blow north

 

[From The Dust]

No, it's got an easier name this time: Grimsvoetn.

interesting choice of name

 

[Escape Goat]

updated OP with article

 

[msdstc]

Poor Iceland.

 

[okno]

I love my country

 

[Meadows]

Iceland: Europe's trollface.jpg

 

[Always-honest]

Iceland: Europe's trollface.jpg

well, don't forget Greece.

 

[Corky]

HAH the jokes on you volcano this year I'm getting my Street fighter as a DLC, you fucked me royally last year but not this time, not this time...

 

[Boozeroony]

I love this kind of events.

 

[Deleted member 8095]

this is news?

This is becoming one of the douchiest responses on GAF.

 

[Jal]

This IS news!!

 

[Secks4Food]

The portal has opened!

We float to Iceland!

 

[Weenerz]

Another photo:



Pretty damn big

Looks awesome, the Earth always finds a way to be beautiful.

 

[legend166]

I'm flying to Paris on Friday (from Sydney).

This better not screw up my plans.

 

[Escape Goat]

The portal has opened!

We float to Iceland!

lol

 

[thetechkid]

Iceland's most attractive volcano has started erupting.

 

[From The Dust]

This is becoming one of the douchiest responses on GAF.

I saw "Most active volcano erupted" then posted. bad habit of mine

 

[pestul]

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/

Great blog to keep you up to date on the latest. If you click the top blog post, Jon gives a running commentary throughout with new updates.

EDIT: The plume has now exceeded 20km in height. :O

 

[From The Dust]

I feel this is appropriate

 

[V_Arnold]

Damn you, Cas

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Man, hopefully there is no real problem as a result, but it is most beautiful... I can't believe how beautiful nature is every day, then some simple photos blow me away.

 

[hawkshockey11]

 

[zon]

looks like a nuke went off.

It probably has way more power than a nuke. At least these eruptions always result in awesome pictures.

 

[Frog'd]

HAH the jokes on you volcano this year I'm getting my Street fighter as a DLC, you fucked me royally last year but not this time, not this time...

Came here to post this.

 

[pestul]

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/

Just reading through some of the blog posts and first had accounts are saying at least 2 plumes.. crazy stuff.

 

[DrM]

Plume is reaching 20 kilometers, this is the strongest eruption of this volcano in last 100 years. Ash is drifting towards Greenland.

Iceland looks like very interesting country for a visit, need to reconsider this option

 

[123rl]

I fly from Manchester to Vegas in June. You volcano nerds better have this shit sorted by then because I am NOT missing Vegas!

 

[GasProblem]

The current volcanic eruption in Grímsvötn on Vatnajökull glacier is the largest in that volcano 100 years and larger than the one in Eyjafjallajökull last year. It is similar to the eruption of 1873, according to geophysicist Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson. A large flood is not expected.

The current eruption in Grímsvötn is larger in scale than the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, according to geophysicist Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson.

This morning the ash cloud was 15 to 18 kilometers high which means that the volcanic eruption is ten times more powerful than the last eruption in Grímsvötn in 2004, Gudmundsson told ruv.is.

However, it is not unique. Grímsvötn goes through phases where it erupts often in a period of 60-80 years, then there are quieter periods of equal length.

In these quieter phases there are small eruptions such as the ones in 1998 and 2004 and then the third and fourth eruption are larger in scale, like in 1619 and in 1873, which is similar in character as the one we’re experiencing now.

It is much larger with much more magma flow and much more emission of ash than what we witnessed in the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull last year. The ash scatters widely and the ash cloud stretches over a large part of the country.

Source: Icelandreview

And from what I've read, so far it's a basalt eruption, basalt particles are pretty heavy, wich means the wind doesn't carry them as far as normal ash particles. But I'm no expert, so I don't know.

And a video of the eruption: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g2w2CjfDvY&feature=channel_video_title

 

[Boozeroony]

Plume is reaching 20 kilometers, this is the strongest eruption of this volcano in last 100 years. Ash is drifting towards Greenland.

Iceland looks like very interesting country for a visit, need to reconsider this option

Iceland is on my list for years. It is mother natures middle finger.

 

[Plywood]

Another photo:



Pretty damn big

Is anyone else seeing the M Night's hands?

 

[The_Inquisitor]

FUCK! I am currently in Greece. I an suppose to return through London back to Dallas in early June. Am I fucked?

 

[keyboardcat]

 

[Fonds]

Lord of the Europe

Hilarious XD

 

[Escape Goat]

FUCK! I am currently in Greece. I an suppose to return through London back to Dallas in early June. Am I fucked?

Edit - from what I'm gathering on news sites its not as bad as the one in 2010. So far it hasn't impacted travel in Europe.