Thar she blows!..Iceland erupts again...

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Its good that the intervals between eruptions is extending out. :wink:
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Looks weak
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I've had hotter curry nights.
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Disappointing Scandinavian eruption thread tbf
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Couple at work got exposed when the last volcano shut down air travel. Sales guy was at a conference in the country when it turned out he was abroad with the gf. Suitcase outside the door waiting for him when he got home.
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Apparently, the initial eruption became a 1km long fissure that has settled into a single vent for now, emitting an impressive amount of lava already... but the pressure under the site is continuing to grow, and local experts expect more vent sites to open up.
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People being cunce...



(eruption continuing, tourists ignoring police and entering danger zones)
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I developed a mild fascination with Icelandic eruptions because the first of the three recent events began when I was stuck in 14 day isolation re-entering NZ back when our border was Covid restricted and I spent some of the hours watching various youtube channels covering it.

It's funny to see the same channels spring into life with each eruption and the various lengths they go to trying to drive content. Give a man a drone and he'll fish for a day...

this current eruption is tapering off with output volumes down 30-50% of the peak. Apparently, there's a 50/50 chance it'll stop within a couple of weeks...

but there's considerable seismic activity just to the east and one enterprising youtuber (Just Icelandic) bought a thermal imaging drone and has mapped out areas where the ground temperature is up considerably. There's more to come from the Reykjanes peninsula with some suggestions the area could be entering a phase of renewed activity that could last decades. Meanwhile, there's activity on a seismic line further east, under a glacier.
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Those of you hanging on the edge of your seats for Icelandic volcano action might not have long to wait. There's a build up of magma underground near the Blue Lagoon larger then the 3 previous eruptions and overnight my time, the Blue Lagoon finally closed due to the threat. She's about to go again.
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Don't know how this one's going to go. If it does.. EQ activity dropped off today even though there was a mag 5 last night that had guests running out of the hotel..
If it goes, this lava historically is very liquid and non explosive..
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Fuck Off!! I have a week in the Canaries starting next weekend. :mad:
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More worryingly, Campi Flegri has been grumbling.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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I really hope one day scientists are able to find a way of harnessing the energy of a volcano to create copious amount of clean energy.
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The most dangerous kind of canoe are volcanoes.
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Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:08 am The most dangerous kind of canoe are volcanoes.
Wrong login Oom
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:13 am
Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:08 am The most dangerous kind of canoe are volcanoes.
Wrong login Oom
fokk off! that oke doesn't even know how to take a screenshot.
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assfly wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:47 am I really hope one day scientists are able to find a way of harnessing the energy of a volcano to create copious amount of clean energy.
They already do in Iceland; they've extensive geothermal power plants, & hydropower.

The problem for them is it's hard to export it, so from what I remember, their plan was to build bauxite refinement plants, so they could use their abundant clean, green power to refine aluminum, & then export it.
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Guy Smiley wrote: Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:09 pm People being cunce...



(eruption continuing, tourists ignoring police and entering danger zones)
Can we send the armistice day protest march there instead then!?
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:55 pm
assfly wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:47 am I really hope one day scientists are able to find a way of harnessing the energy of a volcano to create copious amount of clean energy.
They already do in Iceland; they've extensive geothermal power plants, & hydropower.

The problem for them is it's hard to export it, so from what I remember, their plan was to build bauxite refinement plants, so they could use their abundant clean, green power to refine aluminum, & then export it.
That and cryptomining.
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pjm1 wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:58 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:55 pm
assfly wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:47 am I really hope one day scientists are able to find a way of harnessing the energy of a volcano to create copious amount of clean energy.
They already do in Iceland; they've extensive geothermal power plants, & hydropower.

The problem for them is it's hard to export it, so from what I remember, their plan was to build bauxite refinement plants, so they could use their abundant clean, green power to refine aluminum, & then export it.
That and cryptomining.
Dog know how much that fuckwittery has added to global warming :roll: :roll:
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pjm1 wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:58 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:55 pm
assfly wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:47 am I really hope one day scientists are able to find a way of harnessing the energy of a volcano to create copious amount of clean energy.
They already do in Iceland; they've extensive geothermal power plants, & hydropower.

The problem for them is it's hard to export it, so from what I remember, their plan was to build bauxite refinement plants, so they could use their abundant clean, green power to refine aluminum, & then export it.
That and cryptomining.
Crypto mining is the single most stupid invention.

The entity who puts the transaction forward encrypts something pointlessly. The rest of the network try and crack the encryption. There is absolutely zero purpose for the encryption challenge except to find a winner. The winner is verified by the others and receives a tiny amount of bitcoin and the transaction is recorded on the block chain.

Such a stupid waste of compute, and it only ever gets more complex over time.
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Grindavik being evacuated..
1780 eqs in last 2 days, main road in has huge crack across it..
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Insane_Homer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:08 am The most dangerous kind of canoe are volcanoes.
By god you are correct! :shock:
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When this calms down, they'll have to redo all the yardages on that course !
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fishfoodie wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 3:27 pm When this calms down, they'll have to redo all the yardages on that course !
OTOH, the members will have a whole bunch of new hazards to negotiate. And at no extra cost!
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This is cool... 3D earthquake report

https://skjalftar.is/3d/?size=1
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When it comes to youtube channels and Iceland eruptions, there's usually a sort of explosion of content from a variety of people jumping onto the bandwagon and rehashing content endlessly... and once you look at one your feed quickly gets populated with more and more of the damned things.

I've been looking at one channel fairly exclusively this time around, this guy's speaking manner can be a bit clumsy but he dives into some decent data and he's the one that pioneered the use of a thermal imaging drone to detect hot spots in the ground, with a few other channels using that data afterwards and presenting it without crediting the source. He's talking about Grindavik here in this latest clip released today,

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fishfoodie wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 3:27 pm When this calms down, they'll have to redo all the yardages on that course !
Be some cracking bunkers though!
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dpedin wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:06 am
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 3:27 pm When this calms down, they'll have to redo all the yardages on that course !
Be some cracking bunkers though!
They could create a totally new sport, combining potholing, & golf.
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fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:16 pm
dpedin wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:06 am
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 3:27 pm When this calms down, they'll have to redo all the yardages on that course !
Be some cracking bunkers though!
They could create a totally new sport, combining potholing, & golf.
Would you have to play the melted ball?..

Tbh, it'd improve my game..
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TB63 wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:25 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:16 pm
dpedin wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:06 am

Be some cracking bunkers though!
They could create a totally new sport, combining potholing, & golf.
Would you have to play the melted ball?..

Tbh, it'd improve my game..
They'd have to bring out a new line in asbestos balls, or less it'd just be a puff of smoke to let you know where you lost your ball
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