Icelandic volcano rumbling
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Icelandic volcano rumbling
https://www.almannavarnir.is/english...-july-13-2018/
Status of Öræfajökull volcano:
- Öræfajökull volcano is showing clear signs of unrest with an inflation phase for at least a year and a half
- The inflation is ongoing and it is reflected by increased seismic activity and characteristic deformation pattern.
- There are no signs of decrease in the inflation rate or the seismicity. The state of unrest persists despite a decrease in geothermal activity since last December
- The source causing the inflation is most likely injection of new magma. The volume change since the start of the unrest is of the order of magnitude of 10 million m3 (about 0.2 m3/sec) comparable to the intrusion activity in Eyjafjallajökull some years before the eruption in 2010
- New resistivity measurements indicate the presence of geothermally altered rocks at shallow levels inside the caldera consistent with intermittent high temperature geothermal activity as seen in many other volcanoes
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I’m actually enroute to KEF just now, for a 10-day island self drive in a Toyota Land Crusher, as Chuks would say. I’ll post here if I see or hear anything worthwhile.
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I flew into KEF as SLF today. Low cloud, but no great plumes of ash piercing the cloud cover.
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Maybe the sacrifice worked?
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Maybe the sacrifice worked?
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OK visited Icelandic Glacier Lake today, a short distance from the Öræfajökull volcano. No rumbles heard or felt, no ash cloud. Without closer examination (and a hostile partner) I could not verify any virgins ready for sacrifice.
Did see a black Toyota Land Crusher at one waterfall. Not sure if it was Carbon Bootprint.
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Did see a black Toyota Land Crusher at one waterfall. Not sure if it was Carbon Bootprint.
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OK visited Icelandic Glacier Lake today, a short distance from the Öræfajökull volcano. No rumbles heard or felt, no ash cloud. Without closer examination (and a hostile partner) I could not verify any virgins ready for sacrifice.
Did see a black Toyota Land Crusher at one waterfall. Not sure if it was Carbon Bootprint.
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Did see a black Toyota Land Crusher at one waterfall. Not sure if it was Carbon Bootprint.
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Back on topic, natives here are not concerned as these things rumble all the time. Cute little guide on the amphib actually said the 2010 eruption was good because it made the rest of the world realize Iceland existed - tourism then jumped from 100K people a year to 3 million last year. She did say they were hoping for another one.
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Are there *any* pronounceable (to a non-Icelander) Icelandic volcano names?
Disappointed that they tried to recover their entire national debt through our meal and drink prices. Really! EUR70 for a bottle of red wine that I could but elsewhere in the world for EUR18? In Australia Ned Kelly was hung for less than this state run robbery.
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Rocchi,
actually I did not copy paste that, as Eyjafjallajökull accompanied me in my day to day work for about 10 days in mid April 2010 - the spelling and the pronounciation is rather embedded in my brain. Mind you, if your location is what it says, I'd say that you are doing that with language - Aberdeen is way more pronounceable to me than Ober Deathain (sp?)
actually I did not copy paste that, as Eyjafjallajökull accompanied me in my day to day work for about 10 days in mid April 2010 - the spelling and the pronounciation is rather embedded in my brain. Mind you, if your location is what it says, I'd say that you are doing that with language - Aberdeen is way more pronounceable to me than Ober Deathain (sp?)
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tubby, I really hope it does disrupt aviation.
Nothing personal, but at least it will give all you 'magnificent men in your flying machines', (and your passengers, obviously), a sense of perspective.
April 2010 was hilarious.......And the best is yet to come!
Safe flying, as always.
Nothing personal, but at least it will give all you 'magnificent men in your flying machines', (and your passengers, obviously), a sense of perspective.
April 2010 was hilarious.......And the best is yet to come!
Safe flying, as always.