Surtsey, the Birth of an Island | The Volcanic Island Turned 50 (HD 1080p) 

I am always happy to be the exact same age as Surtsey- Born November 14, 1963.

I studied geology at Stockholm University between 1963 and 1967 . I remember how Surtsey island was formed during those years. Thank you for this video !!

I was sailing on-board old "Gullfoss" comming from Copenhagen to Reykjavik at the time (1963) and we passed the Surtsey eruptions on the 3day it's something one never forgets.. Absolutely major magnificent.. 💕✌😎💕🍃🌍🍃💕

I am older than this piece of land by five days. Since learning about Surtsey when I was about ten years old, I have wanted to see it. I finally caught a glimpse of it on a clear day while flying into Keflavik from Frankfurt.

,to think this island is 50 years old,i remember the news man shouting to the pilot ,turn left ,some thing is happening in the sea , and Surtsey was being born!! it was a great news story ,i will allways remember it ,and now this year its 50, and is showing how our planet ,moves forward!

I remember our teacher in 3rd grade plyed a movie of Surtsey forming and we had to write an essay. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen (at that advanced age).

It's almost like being on a different planet. Incredible how life thrives in harsh conditions.

Watching this makes the Old Norse myths of the creation of life by the battle of Ice and Fire giants almost a reality....sooooooo immensely awe-inspiring!

That’s so awesome to see the history about this newly formed island. Iceland is always expanding itself with these constant eruptions 😆

This is really nice to watch a island grow .

The way mother nature gives birth to an island with all that volcanic eruption is similar to what mothers go through during labour with all the contractions and delivery pain

love the old geezer who is older than those hills LITERALLY xx

5:50 is Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. Superb album too.

Extremely appropriate use of the music of Sígur Rós.

Remember learining abkut Surtsey in Geography when I was about 10 years old, nice to see something about it on RU-vid.

In 1964, Lt Jon Hall, USN, Adm. Paul D. Buie’s Aide, took a few of us staff members on a flight over Surtsey. The active eruption had subsided greatly. Lt Hall turned the C-47 to the right as we flew over the new island and we were looking directly into the crater. It was an exciting flight for those of us who followed the creation of the isle.

Love Iceland! Can't wait till September for my 3rd trip there!

Amazing Great/ thanks for Post!!

Nice to see patches of plants speckling the barren land. There are several stages of plant succession of new land, and Surtsey is being closely monitored to see how fast and far this goes. First specialist grasses and other plants of sandy dunes arrive, then a shrub & pioneer tree stage of willows & birch follows, then - if conditions allow - pines, then oaks, then beeches and maples, for example. The natural climax vegetation of the lowlands of Iceland are shrubby birch and willow forest, most of which were cut down 100s of years ago (the barren land of Iceland today is not natural). There are still a few groves of very pretty birch woods surviving in some sheltered valleys. Surtsey is still at the first stage, however. A gull colony has started and that has sped things up. Sea sandwort is the most common higher plant now, sending down deep roots and forming raised 'hummocks' that stabilise and fertilise the ground, preparing the land for other plants to establish in future. Fascinating!

To think some people are older than a piece of land now

I came to know about Surtsey island while reading the book “ Eat,poop, die” by Joe Roman . I immediately search for videos . I could visualize his narratives after watching this one. Thanks a lot.

Watching this makes one realize what an awesome God to create Islands out of a mountain.

Scenes of this island make me think of what the earth looked like three billion years ago...

I remember the year when Surtsey broke though, it put that much steam and ash into the ozone layer and above, we had our coldest winters that lasted right into the 70s, 1963 was the year of the long snow winter and 1968 was the year of the great blizzard south coast

May the Aesir and Vanir bless and keep the Icelanders, what a lovely bunch of people.

fascinating

As an icelandic person the butchering of names is hilarious

4:07 I thought she was bringing lunch.

"Not many plant species can survive in the long run so close to the arctic circle..." Look at the north of the Nordic countries; I'd say it's pretty hospitable and full of plants. People think the artic circle is this extreme thing.

Why is the FBI at my house.

@18:37 "Amino acids are part of DNA." Someone didn't check this one. Amino acids are indirectly made from DNA, but they are not part of DNA. DNA is made up of nucleic acids not amino acids.

Nature is amazing

Brennistein immediately starting was the icing on the cake

Is it possible for an island to emerge out of the sea within a couple of days?

4:06 I thought she was bringing snacks...

I still remember me this, because i went on vacation to Turkey together with a friend. Normally i would go in April, but i could not go because of this so i went in june. Anyway maybe better because the weather was then better in Turkey.

4:10 looked like she was bringing out cake

Wow this video is educational

I remember reading about the birth of Surtsey in National Geographic magazine.

if they have planes flying over the island, what makes them think someone might not be tempted to drop seeds?

Has the nature , composition and structure of of the lava , rocks and soils changed from those of main land Iceland ?

Looks pretty calm on the water so I do not get why you could not make it by boat? Or maybe a storm was on it's way?

WE planned to go today but it was too stormy...

I am Montagnard jarai tribe i found this video to interesting

Good information but it must be without music...

Strange feeling: I was born in 1957 and I'm looking at a documentary about an _island_ that is younger than me!

Damn it can be hard to listen to the commentator say Eyjafjallajökull like a robot

Nice bit of nostalgia for me- I lived on the main island for 2 years 25 years ago, such a beautiful place. Agree with Icelanders re awful pronunciation of place names!

I’m all down with the jazzy porn music, but it’s kinda overkill but appreciate the effort, but that island is goldmine for knowledge.

4:02 What an epic sounding last name, holy shit.

It's like there's no such thing as an ecological balance - there was nothing and now there's something, new plants & creatures where there were none. Interesting to see what will develop on the island in the future.

I'd look at that dinky boat and the chunky waves and I'd be like You know what? I can probably wait this out. All signs point to go back lol

Primary succession at its best!

God Nature is so scary!! 😨 but also beautiful at the same time 🙏

What a shame you spent 15 minutes of this video talking about the island, but only 4-5 minutes actually showing yourselves on the island... The ratio should have been the other way.

so the island is essentially one big baked solid brick.

Great little vid, wonderful information, but such a shame about the narration. So with I could go there!

It's the weird 'Silk Stalkings' music for me😌😌😌👌

That's admirable from the icelandic people. If it was someplace else, it would already have a hotel, nightclub and RedBull flags everywhere.

My company just shipped out all equipment today to go drill into Surtsey for volcanic, biologic, geologic, and economic research! Follow us to see what happens over the next 3 months out there.

so, how do creationists explain this? Creationists pretend the Earth is just 6000 years old and has NEVER changed since its creations, it looks exactly the same, its surface never changes! But here you can see for yourself that Earth is changing continiously!

I pictured Bullwinkle when I looked at the video.

The Geology hub Must see this Real Actual Documentary of Iceland 🇮🇸 Volcanic Islands Surtsey and Haemay .

2:58 : A 10 METER!!!!!! high column of steam?

Bril music while you are flying over the island.

who said the bird couldnt have shat out a fish that just ate a tomato?

This feels like a typical Japanese documentary from NHK. No individual presenter and the narrator refers to the documentary team a lot; we, our etc

where day took ,, the small boat ,, ???? :D

18:48 best part

After learning how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull, her pronunciation literally made me die laughing, it's really not easy though so I don't blame her. Took me like 20 minutes.

Why was the tomato plant taken off? It might not be native. But, it’s how a plant spreads. Human intervention isn’t really a threat in some cases. Humans are like birds afterall

ÇOK SÜPER BEE

what is the name of saxophone track

I work for Arco and we are fracking surtsey right now.

Funny to think that the island is the same age as me!!

I've never heard anyone pronounce the word Lava that way before.

Good thing to study, those first plants and mosses will slow down erosion, deposit plant matter, and attract more sea birds. Sea birds start it with their droppings. Eventually soil will start being created and that will support more plants thus attracting more and bigger animals. Predators start living there full time. Maybe a Tsunami washes abunch of creatures there at once? Lol..I hope they are also studying underwater around that island. Probably doesnt take long for the beginnings of a reef

can you imagine a volcano erupting after 190 years and very dangorus.

I'm here from a jeopardy clue . . . and this shit is fuckin interesting & cool

Surtsey and now Anak Krakatau have a similar character.

Sleazy jazz + volcanoes = eh?

I feel this line they keep trying to draw between human action and the actions of other animals to be bloody absurd. We are inseperably part of this world as much as any other being.

Why did they remove the tomato plant? Well, there goes that natural experiment.

its ok for a bird to carry seed to the island but not a person because people are not part of the ecosystem.

AA are part of dna?!...anyway...really amazing!!!

16:30 View like form Mars

I was really enjoying this video until they got something so fundamentally wrong, I am now wondering about the geological portion of the report. Amino acids (minute 18:38) are NOT part of DNA. They are the basic components of proteins. Even my high school biology students MUST know this.

DNA is not composed of amino acids. It is correct, however, to say that proteins are made from amino acids.

Krakauer has a record

Krakatoa did that too, but also made the loudest noise ever.

This gives me hope for Earth even as we perversely continue to extract fossil fuels, converting them into greenhouse gases and non-biodegradable plastic. I will not be around to see who wins, but I am rooting loudly for the earthworms

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Gripping script in a video about a newly formed island -- when they land by "little boat" they actually hear a wave behind them! LOL

A volcano video with a porn music in the background.

get rid of the music

I’m watching this at 5am????

Tonga Volcano is like Surgery. A new island. If it erupts again will it be as explosive? Did it cause Tsunami?

Krakatoa is now following it

Thought she was bringing some food 🙄

A volcanic land takes a long time to be use by human