Posted on 03/19/2021 10:53:55 PM PDT by caww
A long-dormant volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Friday 25 milesfrom the capital Reykjavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.
Local media reported inbound and outgoing air traffic had been halted from Keflavik International Airport, the country's largest, servicing the capital. The eruption followed thousands of smaller earthquakes in the area in recent weeks, with officials bracing for an eruption as a result. 'Color code red'
"We ask people to stay calm and not under any circumstances go close to the eruption site or on Reykjanesbraut. First responders need to be able to drive freely to assess the situation. Scientists are working on assessing the eruption," police said. Iceland's Minister of Justice Aslaug Arna Sigurbjornsdottir shared an image of the eruption showing a night sky glowing bright red.
The Icelandic Police Department said it expected volcanic gas pollution to extend as far as the southern coast of the Ölfus municipality, where at least 2,000 people live, almost 50 kilometers away from Reykjavik. Authorities added that the pollution might continue through the night, urging people to stay indoors and keep windows shut.
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Well it didn’t take long to check out Iceland....frankly nothing there interesting, very expensive to live there. It like sits on volcanic rock so no farmland to speak of. Just looks and sounds quite boring.
If you had 3 months to explore the tiny island(s) of Japan, you wouldn’t have enough time to see 10% of it.. ;)
Japans a horse of a whole nother color.
Weird how all the continents were on one side of the earth. What was on the other side?
Rosie O’Donnell
Ba-da-boomp, tsssh.
Hmmmm. That would explain The Great Flood.
Man, just try getting that moniker on the back of a sports jersey!
S+15, or Sig.
Nah, the latter would be too pro gun.
Obviously glob warming. Oops. I mean climate change.
Must be the Aussie monsoon season again... Wait until the dry season and get back to me...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47100700
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https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/australian-monsoon-rains-cause-once-in-a-century-floods-1.3780335
Great post. Questions and thoughts:
So... Did the plates separating allow the mid-Atlantic upwelling, or did the upwelling cause the super-continent (Pangea) to break up, then subsequently push the continental plates apart?
India certainly has done some real scooting around.
Why was all the land concentrated on one side of the earth for a long time?
It would be great if the animation showing Pangea’s breakup and subsequent continental drift was slower and had a geologic “clock” running with it. And, maybe a one frame flash at the end could denote humans’ time on this rock.
Ocean.
I believe the general consensuses is now that the upwelling caused the initial tectonic separation, but that its continuation at least in part has more to do with the plates diving down into the mantle at the other end of the plates. In other words, the down-going slab is acting to pull the plate away from the spreading center at the opposite end of the plate.
India certainly has done some real scooting around.
Yes, it moved relatively quickly (in plate tectonic terms) for a few millions years, prior to its slow-motion collision with Asia. That collision produced the Himalayan mountains. They continue to rise to this day.
Why was all the land concentrated on one side of the earth for a long time?
In geologic time, they actually weren't together for that long at time at all. Super-continents are inherently unstable because they act as 'heat blankets', allowing the heat from the earth's interior to build up underneath and eventually poke holes in the landmass. The last supercontinent, Pangaea, finished completion around 250 million years ago when Africa collided with North and South America. It then began separating "only" about 50 million years later. That is not all that long a time in geologic terms.
It would be great if the animation showing Pangea’s breakup and subsequent continental drift was slower and had a geologic “clock” running with it. And, maybe a one frame flash at the end could denote humans’ time on this rock.
India slamming into Asia, creating the Himalayan mountains (~50 million years ago to present).
You can see India moving north at a relatively fast speed.
Great images...thanks for posting!!
The hot spot may be stationary, but the Hawaiin Islands are slowly moving northward.
Come to Iceland ! It’s going places !
Yes, the tectonic plate the Hawaiian islands are on (the Pacific Plate) is moving northward, over the stationary hot spot below it.
At least it won’t tip over.
True statement...2.5 months would be stuck in traffic in Tokyo. ;)
A useful little idiot, who starved herself into a disease or some sort of medical condition.
Now a willing pawn for Leftists.
And applauded by the circus of clowns at the United Nations.
It would make a funny movie, were it not so real.
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