In a press release the new CEO of Halliburton, Mr. Hephaestus, (pictured below) denied any involvement with the eruption.
Posted on 11/02/2004 10:46:25 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal
Vatnajökull ping!
Halliburton set off the volcano to get no-bid contracts to clean up the ash.
I remember National Geographic pictures of the '98 eruption. Spectacular. Thank goodness there's nothing in that area to get broken (cept' for that po' stretch of highway which is going to be obliterated yet again).
How did Bush ever manage to do this during this important election!
In a press release the new CEO of Halliburton, Mr. Hephaestus, (pictured below) denied any involvement with the eruption.
Rove had to do it to keep all the French, Germans, and Arab terrorists from flying here to vote for Kerry.
Grimsvotn? You mean Dems are voten in Iceland, too?
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Two cauldrons above an erupting fissure beneath the Vatnajökull glacier, located in Central Iceland. An eruption started beneath the glacier during the evening of September 30. When this image was taken on October 1, part of the glacier's surface had subsided to form two cauldrons, each about 1-2 km wide. This part of the glacier, located on the north flank of Grímsvötn volcano, was about 400-600 m thick before the eruption. A 4-km-long fissure eruption beneath the glacier quickly melted the ice; the resulting meltwater drained into the Grímsvötn caldera. During one 4-hour period, scientists observed the surface subside by about 50 m! Note the many fractures in the ice on the margins of the cauldrons. |
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View of eruption crater and ash-covered Vatnajökull glacier about 36 hours after the eruption had broken through the ice. By this time, the area of subsidence had grown to about 9 km long and 2-3 km wide. The eruption continued for about another 10 days, and meltwater from the glacier flowed into the Grímsvötn caldera. On October 1, water level in the caldera's subglacial lake was about 1410 m; by October 16, the water level had risen to 1504 m, an increase of 94 m! According to scientists monitoring the activity, lava erupting from the fissure was piled up on the ground beneath the glacier, "forming a mountain ridge which in places is expected to be 200 m high." On October 16, scientists stated that the meltwater, which had been accumulating under the ice shelf in the Grímsvötn caldera lake, could begin draining at any time to trigger a jökulhlaup (glacial outburst flood). On November 5 the expected jökulhlaup began. |
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Two cauldrons above an erupting fissure beneath the Vatnajökull glacier, located in Central Iceland. An eruption started beneath the glacier during the evening of September 30. When this image was taken on October 1, part of the glacier's surface had subsided to form two cauldrons, each about 1-2 km wide. This part of the glacier, located on the north flank of Grímsvötn volcano, was about 400-600 m thick before the eruption. A 4-km-long fissure eruption beneath the glacier quickly melted the ice; the resulting meltwater drained into the Grímsvötn caldera. During one 4-hour period, scientists observed the surface subside by about 50 m! Note the many fractures in the ice on the margins of the cauldrons. |
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View of eruption crater and ash-covered Vatnajökull glacier about 36 hours after the eruption had broken through the ice. By this time, the area of subsidence had grown to about 9 km long and 2-3 km wide. The eruption continued for about another 10 days, and meltwater from the glacier flowed into the Grímsvötn caldera. On October 1, water level in the caldera's subglacial lake was about 1410 m; by October 16, the water level had risen to 1504 m, an increase of 94 m! According to scientists monitoring the activity, lava erupting from the fissure was piled up on the ground beneath the glacier, "forming a mountain ridge which in places is expected to be 200 m high." On October 16, scientists stated that the meltwater, which had been accumulating under the ice shelf in the Grímsvötn caldera lake, could begin draining at any time to trigger a jökulhlaup (glacial outburst flood). On November 5 the expected jökulhlaup began. |
Some photo!
Great pics! (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, maybe hell's making room for Arafat?)
"If any of you ever get a chance to travel there I highly reccomend it. It is a very beautiful country."
I have been there for photography adn travel several times in the last few years and it is by far my favorite outdoors destination anywhere.
between the geology and the not-terrible climate (for its latitude, anyway), the extreme day/night length, northern lights, topography (ropy lava fields included), I think there is no place like it on earth.
Did you ever get to Greenland? I haven't been but would really like to go..
Greenland is quite an extreme place. I have been to the Qaanaaq area, back in the late 90's. It was for a hunting trip. We stayed with some Inuits and ran a dog sled and did some kayaking. We traveled to a few different settelments. It was quite amazing. This kind of adventure entertainment is not for everyone.
We passed through that stretch this summer, when we drove the ring road around the island. What bizarro scenery, even for Iceland. It looks like a layer of smooth lava silt, littered with rocks of various sizes. It was similar to the pictures we see of Mars, only in a darker color. The fine lava sand also blows across the road, often quickly cutting visibility down to nothing. Fortunately it wasn't too windy when we drove through, so these "blind spots" disappeared almost as quickly as they developed.
Neat! Thanks.
The main reason I haven't gone to greenland yet is language and mobility concerns....how much english was spoken where you were?
As I understand it, the only way to get around between inhabited regions is fly or float (boat)...I'd love to go at some point.
Sea floor spreading strikes again.
Just as I suspected!
It wouldn't suprise me if Karl Rove put them up to it.
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