Iceland Volcano Eruption Update; One Large Crater Erupts, Moss Fires Occur

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In Iceland, a volcanic eruption is still going strong on its 20th day. Lava has not only recently covered a mine in as much as 50 feet of molten rock, but it has also started a number of moss fires. Only two vents remain, and these are erupting at around 4.6 cubic meters per second. This video will discuss how long the eruption might last, and what has changed in the last 7 days.
Thumbnail Photo Credit: Icelandic Meteorological Office, Veðurstofa Íslands / Icelandic Met Office, @Vedurstofan (on X), commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., used per terms stated at: en.vedur.is/about-imo/the-web.... This image was overlaid with text, and then overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo).
This image was taken on December 18th of 2023 and shows the beginning of the first of 4 (so far) Reykjanes volcano eruptions since 2023 began. This photo does not display the current state of the ongoing eruption.
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0:00 Reykjanes Eruption
1:10 Decreasing Activity
2:22 Recent Changes
3:22 Open for Tourism

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@GeologyHub Месяц назад

I want to note that I made a minor mistake in today’s video. I made the implication that the Blue Lagoon was closed without directly saying as much. However, it is open to the public once again, and reopened on April 6th.

@whiteknightcat Месяц назад

I'm confused now. Your video implied the magma chamber fill rate was slowly decreasing, yet another channel states that not only is it increasing, but ground inflation has begun again over it, with a rise of about 3 cm recorded.

@sigisoltau6073 Месяц назад

@@whiteknightcatThere's still magma flowing into the magma chamber, and a lot of it. So there's still uplift in Svartsengi. That the inflow has dropped to under 3 cubic meters per second is wrong. Inflow is still very high, at least 9 or 10 cubic meters per second to account for the eruption and uplift. I'm looking at the livestream right now and the eruptive volume seems to be at least 5 cubic meters per second, minimum, perhaps as high as 7 cubic meters per second since it seems to have increased a bit some 4 hours ago. So Geoloyhub's statement that inflow to the magma chamber has dropped to under 3 cubic meters per second is not quite right.

@whiteknightcat Месяц назад

You know what I miss? I miss hearing someone say Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha'apai .

@genericalfishtycoon3853 Месяц назад

You could just say it randomly like I do. It fills a void.

@GeologyHub Месяц назад

Now I just need to wait for another fun volcano name to erupt; “Traitor’s Head”

@davidcranstone9044 Месяц назад

@@GeologyHubOr Mole Hill surely?

@EraX52 Месяц назад

When day 17 passed I was suprised that it surpassed the 2022 eruption. It looks like it is coming to an end though. Thanks for the updates GH, and keep up the great work! 👍

@kamildowejko2254 Месяц назад

It doesn't look like it's coming to an end, definitely not. It will for sure surpass Litli-Hrutur eruption

@yomogami4561 Месяц назад

Thanks for the information on the eruption and it's effect on tourism as well

@TheLawDawg Месяц назад

I think you jumped the gun on this one a bit. There is still uplift ongoing and the visible activity has increased today. Despite people continuing to declare this event dead it refuses to give them the satisfaction.

@ignatiosd7262 Месяц назад

It's the Mark Twain of eruptions.

@sigisoltau6073 Месяц назад

I agree. Inflow as far as I know hasn't dropped to under 3 cubic meters per second. If it did then the eruption would have ended pretty quickly, possibly within a few hours after that. I don't see it continuing for days after if inflow dropped to under 3 cubic meters per second.

@michaeldeierhoi4096 Месяц назад

I don't see where Tim jumped the gun on his assessment of when this eruption may end. It is down to one cone with the fountains not as high as before and Tim didn't think it would last another 2 weeks.

@anthonyloconte7835 Месяц назад

Agreed

@sigisoltau6073 Месяц назад

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 True. But no one expected the eruption to last this long. This eruption has lasted like 22 almost 23 days now.

@James_II Месяц назад

Great channel ... Keep up the good work ❤

@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx Месяц назад

Thanks as always! This eruption is interesting for me, at least. To those near the eruption, and especially downwind of the eruption, be careful about the gas! I really wonder what will happen next at the Reykjanes volcano, given the most recent eruption's marked departure from previous ones.

@sjeason Месяц назад

I think the main reason tourism is down is because of the fact that it’s still cold as hell up there, but that’ll change soon

@xwiick Месяц назад

economy ain't helping either.

@Sara01977 Месяц назад

Or because the #1 thing first time tourists want to see/visit is The Blue Lagoon. Since that’s closed and probably for awhile, I’m sure people have postponed trips there.

@gabbyn978 Месяц назад

@@Sara01977 I saw a post in a chat (Reykjanes multiview) that the lagoon is by now open. So, you may visit it if you like.

@Ksweetpea Месяц назад

There's also a concern of safe viewing zones that aren't affected by sulfur dioxide

@xwiick Месяц назад

@@Ksweetpea really not worry for a sensible person

@maryfreeman3341 Месяц назад

Thank you for your ongoing clear information. One day I shall visit Iceland.

@Crogatho Месяц назад

The cone is way higher than 15 meters. the lava thickness alone is 15 meters, if not thicker.

@elowine Месяц назад

Was about to comment. Isak did a rough measurement yesterday with his drone and concluded the cone was atleast 24 meters high.

@xwiick Месяц назад

Thanks for all of your hard work man!

@georgobergfell Месяц назад

According to Isak Finnbogasons "highly scientific" drone measurement, the cone is actually 24m high above the surrounding Lava. See yesterdays live stream.

@monnoo8221 Месяц назад

easily confirmed by measuring the falling time of the bigger lava\tephra chunks from the tip of their trajectories

@chimknee Месяц назад

Thanks.

@brendagracie7522 Месяц назад

No change in plans for us. Hubby and I are excited to visit your breathtakingly beautiful country end of June. 🙂

@guylelanglois6642 Месяц назад

Is that called a steam cyclone at minute 2:26 ish? Definitely awesome. Thanks for sharing

@matmilne Месяц назад

The magma chamber is inflating at 4-5 m/s, refilling while erupting, an inflow of 340,000 cubic metres/day just to the chamber. The output of the cones per the imo is 8 m/s giving us a total maximum influx of 13 m/s or 1.12 million cubic metres a day (inflow>outflow so you must add the chamber's overall uplift to the output). All that will happen is that the magma coming in will route to the magma chamber which will refill and run or erupt again in about a month or so (magma chamber can hold between 10 and 16 million on top of its 'empty' level). This is a sort of hybrid fissure with storage - and magma chamber - volcano, it's a bit of an unknown in the volcanic community - it has not, nor will it ever behave like other volcanoes in the area. I would also strongly recommend against visiting the area while the eruption and inflow situation is ongoing. Once full the magma chamber will outgas prior to eruption, which poses a severe risk of sulphur dioxide poisoning, monitors or not, and it is still outgassing during the eruption which makes it dangerous to be downwind - plenty of other things to see in Iceland, but stay away from this volatile and largely unknown system, while it's still active.

@gwengillotti5171 Месяц назад

Beautiful

@kenbrady119 Месяц назад

Though I can personally afford it, I'm a biologist who generally rejects tourism because of the serious CO2 released while jetting here and there. I'm thankful for the high-resolution photo/videography on this channel so that I can spend my precious time solving problems closer to home.

@Yezpahr Месяц назад

2:22 The return of the best clip ever.

@JBST_ Месяц назад

It looks like the output has increased over the last few hours now weirdly

@irmaoksanen6830 Месяц назад

Best time to visit Iceland is now IMHOP.

@josephkrizauskas1052 Месяц назад

When you see the U.S. Navy base at Keflavik closing down and evacuating then you start to worry.

@gummihu Месяц назад

As it closed in 2006, there is little chance of that.

@ConstantChaos1 Месяц назад

The burning moss actually gives natural reforestation to occur, Iceland should have between 25% and 40% forrest cover

@Helezhelm Месяц назад

You will want to check data again, as the deep source has increased its feeding rate to storage area via GPS as it started to show increased inflation. And also, the eruption will go for longer as the deep source keeps feeding the eruption unless the pathway is blocked which we haven't seen that yet. Plus, IMO & MBL site has confirmed that there is zero change in eruption output, so not exactly declining but constantly erupting.

@Patrick_Cooper Месяц назад

I remember driving around Mt Saint Helen's in Washington US, just two weeks before it blew its top. I was much further away when it popped.

@kaiying74 Месяц назад

It's sad to see tourism drop off but personally I think I'd feel like I was rubber-necking at an accident site. To me it feels like disaster tourism which I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with. If an entire town has been made homeless I'm not sure I want to go see that.

@vixtex Месяц назад

🌋

@Jason-2023 Месяц назад

I have a video request for you! Despite living in Alabama all my life, I never knew about the Wetumpka Impact Crater until I drove through the town today and saw a sign for it. The limited information I found for it says it is from an ~1100 foot wide meteor that struck approximately 80 to 83 million years ago, and the crater walls are approximately 4 miles in diameter. I have been unable to find many images, data, or maps of the site. Could you see if you could dig up more information on it? The next time I am in Wetumpka, I would like to visit the site. Thank you!!

@realstorm1114 Месяц назад

there are some videos about campi flegrei "super" eruption imminent. could you do an overall update on it? as most of these videos/articles will be 100% bulevar.

@joblo341 Месяц назад

The "drain" on the remaining cone slowly built up from ground level.

@JOSEPHDANCE75 Месяц назад

safe travels

@kaoskronostyche9939 Месяц назад

Thank you for the update.

@erinmac4750 Месяц назад

More fantastic facts! I'm also glad you brought up tourism. If i had the possibility of going to Iceland, only an airport shutdown would stop me. It's a beautiful island of Fire and Ice. 💜🇮🇸🏔️

@papasmjordeig Месяц назад

Tourism is always a bit down during this time of the year, a week into april and it's still freezing cold here

@Dranzerk8908 Месяц назад

Isn't it a quarry and NOT a mine?

@michaelcaplin8969 Месяц назад

"These have been extinguished via firefighters when and where they pop up"... I imagined firefighters in full gear just sprouting from the ground like a plant

@applicareinc Месяц назад

Hello there is a fault that runs from Orange county New York down through Staten Island called the Ramapo fault. With the recent earthquake in New Jersey would that possibly trigger the Ramapo fault into an earthquake?

@gabrielvoicila8554 Месяц назад

This report was a few hours too early … it missed the show yesterday

@mbsnyderc Месяц назад

I'd like to know why the gas emissions from this volcano are so much higher than previous eruptions?

@genericalfishtycoon3853 Месяц назад

Fire god angry, and have big tummy ache.

@davidcranstone9044 Месяц назад

Emissions, not emotion? 😊

@jonnawyatt Месяц назад

I wonder if volcanoes have erupted before at Iceland or this is a one of?

@whiteknightcat Месяц назад

😂

@jonskulijonsson4219 Месяц назад

There has been a few most famos is Eyjafjallajökull

@whiteknightcat Месяц назад

@@jonskulijonsson4219 The person was trolling. This one video itself referenced previous ones.

@UTTVM366HateAMDMembers 16 дней назад

W + Iceland is goud

@Shaden0040 Месяц назад

instead of just putting out the moss fires why don't they like salvage some of that moss Because I'm sure it's it's a own biome type environment and it's one of a kind maybe maybe spread all throughout the island but that particular patch is a 1 of a kind creature farmer and it should be saved. they keep complaining in Iceland about species loss well this is a species don't lose it.

@Atmatan_Kabbaher Месяц назад

Your thumbnail shoulda said: One crater erupts A large explosion is formed Moss fires occur. Then it would've been a western haiku.

@byrnc927 Месяц назад

And how is Iceland paying for these carbon offsets?

@michaeldeierhoi4096 Месяц назад

🙄

@dougwilliams8602 Месяц назад

Periods at the end of each sentence deserves a pause

@kamildowejko2254 Месяц назад

Sorry but you're wrong in many parts. Inflation resumed and did not stop, it was ongoing but at smaller rate so inflow did not drop below 3m3/s Ármann Höskuldsson and Þorvaldur Þórðarson are wrong and are known from making ridiculous statements despite being renowned volcanologists. Activity is stable and is not waning, if anything it is increasing. Fountains very frequently rise above crater rim, as far as 50m above cone which is 25m in height not 15m.

@davidcranstone9044 Месяц назад

On what evidence?

@Nightscape_ Месяц назад

I would love to check out Iceland but only speak English.

@xwiick Месяц назад

"Everyone" speaks English in Iceland or Europe in general.

@deborahferguson1163 Месяц назад

Not speaking Icelandic isn’t a problem for tourists.

@OpaSpielt Месяц назад

I think that only a few people who visit Iceland for touristic purposes are able to speak Icelandic. This would be no reason for me not to visit the country. 👋🏻👴🏼

@user-lh5fp7bf2c Месяц назад

English language is extremely common there.

@ronsparks7887 Месяц назад

Not knowing the language should not be a severe problem when traveling. Translation apps are pretty good these days, and most Europeans know at least two languages, frequently more. English is a common one. If you show an interest in the local language and culture, and don't act like a jerk, as too many of us Americans do when abroad, you should do fine and have an enjoyable time.

@ReevansElectro Месяц назад

You could help the one primitive backward nation that doesn't use the metric system to learn it rather than pander to it. Stop converting units to the British Engineering System. Please be part of their education.

@tymz-r-achangin Месяц назад

lol so you really expect people to listen to such a ludicrous narration

@filonin2 Месяц назад

Yeah, over 20k people have so far. Your channel has no content so you have no room to speak at all on narration quality.

@snowgorilla9789 Месяц назад

You would have us listen to some techno musac ?

@davidcranstone9044 Месяц назад

On the contrary, the narration is excellent. The video is well informed and well structured, and the voice is clear with every word clearly audible (at least on my phone) and spoken at the right speed - slowly enough for the words to be distinct while still sounding natural. If you don't like his voice or accent, that is your problem.