Volcano watch 2010

Iceland Met update on activity, very interesting

en.vedur.is...

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Wow...Nice shot! _javascript:icon('')

Ok, let's see if this works...

Shot taken at dawn this morning.. (hopefully)... too big

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It's taking me a while to catch up after being out all day but has anyone noted this yet?

Vanuatu 's Gaua Volcano picking up pace

I started a thread on Gaua yesterday

www.abovetopsecret.com...

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I hadn't known this danger about volcanic ash. Probably alot of you here did.

Farmers across the region where the volcano erupted this week under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier have been scrambling to protect their herds from inhaling or ingesting the ash, which can cause internal bleeding, long-term bone damage and teeth loss.

The fluoride in the ash creates acid in the animals' stomachs, corroding the intestines and causing hemorrhages. It also binds with calcium in the blood stream, and after heavy exposure over a period of days makes bones frail, even causing teeth to crumble.

"The risk is of fluoride poisoning if they breathe or eat too much,"

www.breitbart.com...


This article is talking about the risk to animals,but must be just as harmful to humans. I hope those in the affected areas know what the actual risks are,and not just told in some vague way "the air is unhealthy".

My Eyja Cloud movie

I haven't played with Movie Maker for a long time.

I love clouds

media.abovetopsecret.com...

Katla is alive now too!

hraun.vedur.is...

All volcano cams are down as far as I can see

all Mila cams working beautifully now - I posted three at the other eyja thread
this is latest from vodafony

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Hi was just taking a look at hisz.rsoe.hu... and noticed that they have updated there SUPERvolcano activity.

These are only very small quakes, but adds more fual to the question "is something big going to happen?"

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All cams are working again now

Originally posted by berkeleygal
Iceland Met update on activity, very interesting

en.vedur.is...

[edit on 20-4-2010 by berkeleygal]

Thank you for that post. Glad to know I'm not the only one guessing

Volcanic tremor at a dominant frequency of 0.5 Hz remains continuous. Since ~11:00 GMT on 18 April, tremor levels have intensified beyond levels maintained since 16 April, as shown in the following real-time plot: hraun.vedur.is... We presently don't know the source mechanism behind the heightened low-frequency tremor, although presumably phreatomagmatic conditions still prevail at the eruption site.

Just found this info on Katla's recent activity. scienceray.com...

Its saying on this site that Katla's activity has incresed by 200% in the last two days

Originally posted by boo1981
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All cams are working again now

So they are.. YAY!

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Hi, I have already had a look at that publication and discounted it.

There is absolutely NO indication at present of an increase of activity at Katla.

There has been only 1 quake in the area in the past 24 hours and that was under Eyjafjallajokull and not anywhere Katla as such. Tremors on the Godabunga site remain constant and suggest that all of these recorders are indicating magma movement associated with the current eruption.

Unfortunately there are many sites and newspapers that purport to tell people news about things which they have little of no knowledge about and that they have not bothered to verity.

Yesterday's Hekla fiasco was an example of that in action.

If this was a local geologist saying Katla was going to blow then I would take notice, otherwise I make my judgement on my (albeit possibly limited) knowledge of the expected signs of eruption.

I would MOST strenuously suggest the you look at this site Eruptions! as the input there is excellent, and is often from qualified persons. The host is Dr. Erik Klemetti, a geologist who spends most of his professional time thinking about magma.(Quote from the site)

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Boris on Eruptions is fantastic - some great minds on there. Definitely the source for spot-on observations and info on the current situation.

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Puterman, I know you are a listen/sound type of guy - Have you been able to get your hands on any audio for this eruption? I would love to hear it! Or anyone else?

Sound would be awesome, I'll have a look around tonight also to see if I can find any and will let you guys know if I find a link.