Posted on 03/20/2021 5:46:59 PM PDT by amorphous
Finally! The eruption comes following more than 40,000 earthquakes in the past four weeks, a huge jump from the more normal 1,000-3,000 earthquakes per year since 2014.
The volcanic eruption began in southwestern Iceland near the capital Reykjavik on Friday, the country’s meteorological office said.
A red cloud lit up the night sky after the eruption began in Fagradalsfjall, a mountain about 40km (25 miles) south west of Reykjavik.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office said all inbound and outbound flights from Keflavik airport in Reykjavik have been halted.
It is the area’s first volcanic eruption in nearly 800 years (some say nearly 900 years). Maybe even longer. According to usnews.com, “the Fagradals Mountain volcano had been dormant for 6,000 years, and the Reykjanes Peninsula hadn’t seen an eruption of any volcano in 781 years.”
“I can see the glowing red sky from my window,” said Rannveig Gudmundsdottir, resident in the town of Grindavik, only 8 km (5 miles) from the eruption.
“Everyone here is getting into their cars to drive up there,” she said. (Even though police and coastguard officials have advised residents to stay away from the area.)
Dramatic images filmed by a coast guard helicopter showed streams of red lava bubbling and flowing out of a fissure in a valley in Geldingadalur. As the lava continued to today (Saturday), clouds of blue gas were also swirling from the site.
“Volcanic eruptions in the region are known as effusive eruptions, where lava flows steadily out of the ground, as opposed to explosive ones such as that of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 which spewed ash paralyzed air traffic in Europe for weeks.
Streams of red lava could be seen flowing out of a fissure in the ground in video footage filmed by a coast guard helicopter and posted by the Iceland Meteorological Office (IMO) on Twitter.
‘The eruption is considered small,’ the IMO, said in a statement Saturday, adding that the ‘eruption fissure’ is estimated to be be about 1,640 – 3,280 feet long, and that the lava is estimated to be less than half-a-square mile in size.
See more videos on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fagradalsfjall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
See pictures of lava:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9382609/Iceland-volcano-erupts-time-900-years.html
See lots of photos:
Great drone footage:
https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/03/20/storbrotnar_dronamyndir_af_gosinu/
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Great Minds Think Alike. See post 15.
Others already said it first but pagan BLM and Antifa groups planned to appease the gods with a virgin sacrifice but there were none found in the groups and they just went home.
Yep, I'm pretty certain it's growing. The magma pool at the top of the volcano is larger now.
Gaia likes Iceland. Most buildings heated and electricity generated by geothermal energy.
Well if it is growing one wouldnt know it because they had hikers at the thing today. Many standing within feet of the largest erupting cone.
“...Gaia angry.
A ban on all fossil fuels is the only way to appease Gaia...”
Apparently, since the ritual sacrifice of millions of innocents doesn’t seem to be doing the job.
Don’t know but I bet if Trump had mentioned it, it will be known as “Trump’s fault’
That's cuz they limited their search to the females. With all those betas, they'd have enough to appease the gods.
Icelanders have turned spelling into a blood sport.
I hope Husavik is safe...and the elves.
What about Bjork?
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LOL. Oh yeah, well MY ex’s traps are bigger than YOUR ex’s traps, so there!
I guess Al Gore will be selling carbon off-sets to Mother Earth?
Thank you for that, I watched the whole damned thing, an hour long, a most exciting rabbit hole!
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