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So just before I traveled to Iceland this past summer, a small eruption occured in the Reykanes Peninsula. It ran for a few weeks and I saw it from a distance while I was there.

However, they are now bracing for a possibly much more destructive event. Magma uplift and earthquakes swarms have been increasingly active over the past few weeks near the famed Blue Lagoon hot spring and neighbouring power plant. The location puts the fishing town (think a Newfie outport, if it is similar to other Icelandic fishing towns I visited) of Grindavik at risk on two fronts. One is that if an eruption occurs, the lava could head towards the town. The other is that they get electricity and thermal heating from the power plant near Blue Lagoon, so if it gets taken out, they could lose heat and hydro just as Iceland plunges into its long winter. Blue Lagoon has been closed and its hotel evacuated since it is at risk. Apparently, a lot of guests left the other day after a major earthquake swarm, relocating to hotels in Reykjavik and Keflavik (the town South of the capital where the airport is located).

I started following Just Icelandic while prepping for my trip and he does an excellent job of using his fleet of drones to show off his homeland and cover stories like this. He is from the North of the island but has relocated to Reykjavik, the capital, to be closer to the eruption if it happens.


My wife and I spent our last evening in Iceland in the thermal pool at Blue Lagoon and it's a lovely place so I hope it survives whatever happens.
 
Speaking of volcanoes

20 flights were delayed her due to a Putin Attack Volcano on the KAMCHATKA peninnsula

Oddly specific attack ;3

 
Grindavik is now evacuated. The evidence from yesterday and last night suggests the eruption could be close to it so the authorities aren't taking chances. The possibility, while not likely, of this being an undersea eruption off shore from the town has been mentioned. Last I heard magma was at 1.5 km below the surface, a significant rise from earlier in the week.
 
I have been watching coverage by Shawn Willsey, an American geology prof who was in Iceland for the 2022 eruption and has been reviewing and commenting on the earthquake and other data coming out of this situation. He outlines three scenarios for an eruption if it happens:

An eruption at the North end of the magma line would threaten a wider area, including Grindavik, the powerplant, and the spa but it would all depend on exactly where and how the lava flowed. It could flow East, which would spare all of them, or it could flow West and South, which would threaten all of them

Further South, where the magma runs through Grindavik itself, the town would be toast but the plant and spa would be safe since they are then uphill from the eruption.

And finally, it could erupt under water off Grindavik, which would spare the town from lava but would be a more explosive event with lots of ash that might blanket the town and also threaten air travel since this is all happening not far from the main international airport in Keflavik (where I flew into and out of).

 
Imagine the fields beyond the earth causing GEO logical deformations ... stuff out there as dismissed intelligence ... beyond me! Reacher's ????

When people are shielded from intellect ... can you label it? Seems unlikely because of overwhelming powers ... that we were told to avoid ... but yet the search for it continues ... like in MTG! Stewed????
 
Mendalla said:
I have been watching coverage by Shawn Willsey
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And just a quick note on coverage. Shawn and Just Icelandic are my two preferred sources. Just Icelandic isn't a pro, but is a well-educated amateur with a fleet of drones who does a good, fairly level-headed job of covering things. GeologyHub is good, too, but he doesn't report as regularly on Iceland since he covers volcanoes and other geology events around the globe in a fairly short daily news brief.

However, there's a bunch who are using alarmist cover images and taglines that I am avoiding. It's basically clickbait and while I have no idea how good their content actually is, I don't want to reward that.
 
I also like Just Icelandic - they also post links to other videos in the notes below their videos - like earthquake experiences.
 
Just read a bit by an Icelandic scientist who thinks that this is looking like a long term (like 500 years) eruption...

I have no idea how he can say that scientifically?

www.livescience.com

'Time's finally up': Impending Iceland eruption is part of centuries-long volcanic pulse

Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is now in a new era of volcanic eruptions that will last for up to 500 years, and the building magma beneath Sundhnúkur and Grindavík is part of this millenia-long cycle.
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com
 
Delightful Life said:
Just read a bit by an Icelandic scientist who thinks that this is looking like a long term (like 500 years) eruption...

I have no idea how he can say that scientifically?

www.livescience.com

'Time's finally up': Impending Iceland eruption is part of centuries-long volcanic pulse

Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is now in a new era of volcanic eruptions that will last for up to 500 years, and the building magma beneath Sundhnúkur and Grindavík is part of this millenia-long cycle.
www.livescience.com www.livescience.com
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Just reading the intro, they are not saying the eruption will last 500 years, but that it is part of a cycle of eruptions that happens over a long term basis. So the 2021, 2022, and earlier eruption this year were all part of that cycle, as is this current rise of magma which may or may not blow. So eruptions like this could be a regular event for a while. And I have seen that in other sources, too. Basically, the Reykanes Peninsula is in for a rough time and that's not good news for the country as a whole given the proximity to things like Keflavik's international airport and various tourist spots and facilities. Even Reykjavik is not far from that region. I could see the summer eruption from the spire of the city's largest church when I was there.
 
These are evolutionary things like mortal failures which repeat in cycles by those rite intuit it ... a circular override of the straight way?

Then there is that least chosen ways ... way out?
 
Mendalla said:
Just reading the intro, they are not saying the eruption will last 500 years, but that it is part of a cycle of eruptions that happens over a long term basis. So the 2021, 2022, and earlier eruption this year were all part of that cycle, as is this current rise of magma which may or may not blow. So eruptions like this could be a regular event for a while. And I have seen that in other sources, too. Basically, the Reykanes Peninsula is in for a rough time and that's not good news for the country as a whole given the proximity to things like Keflavik's international airport and various tourist spots and facilities. Even Reykjavik is not far from that region. I could see the summer eruption from the spire of the city's largest church when I was there.
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oh, that is better than having another perpetual volcano

We don't need another Deccan Traps eruption tyvm God...
 
That 'd be a Zeus 've a thing ... from the deeps ... a meltdown?

Perhaps just a metaphor for something more profound ... invisible to realists ...
 
Mendalla said:
Yeah, something on that scale would not be fun. And we are now good enough at screwing up the atmosphere without needing help from natural phenomena.
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Natural phenomena is very good at screwing things up (see that vid I posted in your Science thread...)

And since we are a part of Nature...:3

We'll figger it oot
 
The Reykanes Peninsula continues to rumble. Word from Just Icelandic last night was that things seemed to be shifting West again, back to where the original concern about an eruption near Blue Lagoon and the power plant was. This thing seems to want to keep the Icelanders on their toes.
 
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