RVK Newscast #89: Two New Cinder Cones About To Merge 

She's a border collie/dachshund mix. And odd one, we know.

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine She is adorable and seems very friendly and cuddly. Well trained as well as she tends to listen.....mostly! lol

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine That is a strange mix. Good job♥

@@808OnMyMind My son has a pit bull dachshund mix. He looks ridiculous. I call him Stumpy.

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine No wonder she's so playful and energetic. So awesome that you bring her along! 💚🌍🇮🇸✌️😸

Yes we are, i think i have lost around 4 kilos on the hiking.

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine wow! Are you allowed to stay overnight? Or do you need to leave the area? The height the lava field has grown to btw is very impressive. Didn’t realise until you were stood next to it.

@Debby Wong it’s actually quite funny. If you listen to Valur and Hannah on another vid, it’s seems Icelanders (although obviously the offspring of the volcano gods) walk around with heavy colds, snorting most of the time!

Very welcome

Yes, I like them too because I studied all those old Sagas in college when I was a medieval lit freak! I always wondered how to pronounce Njal's Saga correctly, so thanks Professor Roby!

The Sagas are incredibly presented. The fact that they (and these newscasts) are being broadcast in English is so much appreciated!

Glad you like them!

Hahaha, exactly.

One does not simply walk into Iceland. Fly, you fools.

The beacons are lit. Rohan will come.

Oops, he said Grindavik, not Keflavik. My "fly you fools" joke doesn't make a ton of sense.

Our pleasure, and we agree, Roby is brilliant.

Thank you so much 👍

Many thanks. I'll try to put the smell into words next time we are there.

It might, but it will be millions of years from now...

Now that is a thought!!! 💚🌍

Nothin special..

He is already walking on “lava” Have u been to Iceland ? 😉

one good quake could expose it again

Truly incredible! A sight to behold. The kind of volcano you can be near and actually watch the lava flow. Thank you for giving us all a better understanding of this type. Actually thought the only type of volcano just blew it's top off and was a mountainous size. Enjoy watching! Hope all remain safe and will be looking forward to what it does next. Do hope no disastrous effects. Besides the poisonous gases and chances of it exploding from the lava fields. Incredible! ❤️🌋❤️☃️🤭

@@billrobbins5874 just to clarify it, I'm not near the volcano, I'm not in Iceland, I just watch these incredible videos like you. So I may just redirect your nice greetings and whishes to the channel Reykjavik Grapevine, they are there, they deserve our best whishes and greatest thanks! :-)

@@richard--s thank you, they really are something else. Incredible to see even from a distance! 🌋🌎

It could instead flow out down the valley and not build up. There's no ice over it to support it building up vertically.

@@Dudemon-1 yes, that's a good point. It could rise until it flows out. That sounds right. Well, it still needs a gradient to flow outwards, very shallow though. The same gradient which it has in the valley where it grows around the two or three main cones. But you are right, once it flows out, it would first fill the outside up to the height where it flows out, it will also fill the outside in the same gradient, but when the outside is 50m or 100m deeper than the valley, it would take some time until it rises inside the valley again, that's true. Outside of this valley there is much more volume to fill up and this would take long and the eruption might just stop in the meantime. Well, some scientists say, it would last for years. If that's true, it would rise slowly but steadily while increasing it's base out in the surroundings in the shallow angle that we see. After all, it's a matter of time, it's a matter of the volume of the lava reservoir underneath it. We will see ;-)

þessar fréttatímar eru frábærir, Valur. Ég er svo ánægð að sjá að væntanlegar Sögu sögur, sem ég elska, munu sýna samband eldvirkni og daglegs lífs á þeim tíma sem sagan var skrifuð. Ég vona að þegar maðurinn minn og ég komum aftur til Íslands fáum við tækifæri til að hitta þig. Þú og Grapevine eruð að gera frábæra opinbera þjónustu. Takk, Ken Doran

He is really in sync with nature ;)

Could Valur be an un-noticed "rock whisperer"?

😀

That's similar to what we say in Montana and the Idaho Panhandle, " . . . wait 5 minutes, and it'll change." Especially in the spring, the weather is very schizo.

Thank you.

If it is still erupting in September, I would worry about the road from Keflavic to Reykjavik being reached with lava.

It seems like the lava will go the other way. So the road will be fine. But it's not unlikely that the eruption will still be going on in September according to scientists.

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine Great news!

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine Are All Terrain Vehicles prohibited? It's the biggest tourist attraction in Iceland. An equipment store/general store at the parking lot. Rides to the volcano. Snack bar (portable) set up in the valley ahead of the approaching lava. Maybe some shelters with heat. Be creative.

@@kerrysmith1899 the land is pristine, why would they want to destroy it. Icelanders respect their land.

Dogs arent as stupid as people

​@@Sshooter444 they aren't that great at recognizing potential hazards either. sure, she is smart enough not to stop on the burning stuff, but she probably has no idea that the edges of seemingly solid flows can suddenly surge forward when the pressure builds up underneath from liquid lava that she can't see. not to mention the dangerous gases there.

@@Sshooter444 maybe search what happened to a dog at Yellowstone

Wish they made dog masks.

Would love to see an updated ariel view of the magna flow. Its climbing hills and gone out of view from "live cams".

Betcha wont pinch her cheeks. lol

Coagulations👏👏👏

Camera person is also doing an amazing job in this challenging terrain. Nothing I’d rather watch on the internet right now.

He’s the Volcano Man....