Thanks. Very nice footage that puts it into perspective where the web cams can't. Reinforcing the berm to hopefully redirect the lava to the north side is a valient effort. That being said, they are working against a large reservoir of still molten rock that is 30-40M higher in elevation, and they were very lucky that the initial flows did not follow the hillside slope into this area on day one of the 8th eruption. It was the westward breakout at the cone a week ago which filled the westside valley up there and set all of this into motion. Lava movement doesn't end when the eruption stops. It has inertia and it takes time for friction and thermal loss to bring it to a halt.
@@johnbradshaw7525 They looked at the latest rate of infill to the magma chamber and compared it statistically to the previous eruptions in the series to figure out an estimate of how high the land rise will need to be for the next one and how long it will likely take to get there.
It's an island. They don't have to worry about "wasting water." Nature taking it's course will mean pitting a power plant out of commission that supplies something like 10% of the power in Iceland, the hot water lines that provide heat to most of the penesula, as well as the Blue Lagoon which is their major tourist attraction.
The Icelanders sprayed water on the lava from the Eldfell volcano on Heimaey in 1973 & they managed to save the harbour on the island. Why not try spraying water on the lave from this volcano. It's worth a try.
I reckon they should build a second berm but this time take it as high as they possibly can and try slope the ground abit to create some run off in another direction but unfortunately Mother Nature is too strong u won’t beat it I feel as tho grindavik is gonna be done but it’s pretty impressive and other places should take note take my hat off to everyone in Iceland they have done an amazing job
@@azza_1993 The Bombardier CL-215 is designed to drop 6 tons of water at a time from 200ft and are past the drop zone before the water hits as it gives the water time to disperse into rain.
The Icelanders sprayed water on the lava from the Eldfell volcano on Heimaey in 1973 and they managed to save the harbour on the island. Why not try it here on Reykjanes Peninsula in 2024.
Well it worked when they sprayed water on the lave from the Eldfell volcano on Heimaey in 1973 to save the harbour on the island. Why not try it again on this lava.
Alert. Boom. Eruption showing now on Grindavik cams. Tons of molten hot lava from a long fissure. Started anout 40 minutes ago. New Eruption started at 12:46:55PM Iceland Time. 13:46:55PM GMT Summer Time. Oh great goodness. The fissure eruption is not the same as the previous with nine vents. No sir-ry! This critor of an eruption is more the size of 19 to 29 vents. 3 Times the size of the previous. New count looks like about 50 vents at least erupting. Large grey dark cloud is drifting towards Grindavik Town as I write. Serious Alert for any one on the Reykaness Peninsula. The new eruption looks massive. Larger than anything seen in 800 years. Likely there will be a massive quick moving larva flow towards east Grindavik Defense walls and towards to sea. Phone or aleart any one you may know is in the area to be sure they know.
