I thought it was global warming melting the glaciers. Stupid me for not thinking it could be anything else.

Its just the camera. Its fairly sensitive to subtle changes in light/contrast, and what looks like a dark grey day is actually quite bright when I saw the camera equalise itself out. Its just Sun Glare and a over-reactive lens.

Bit of a snow fall on Fimm... watching what was black landscape a minute ago turn grey.. white... and now back to black..nearly 3am, I should hit the sack

[edit on 14-4-2010 by MoorfNZ]

This is fascinating being able to watch a live eruption.

Just how exactly does one pronounce the name of the thing though ?

Originally posted by russ212
I thought it was global warming melting the glaciers. Stupid me for not thinking it could be anything else.

Beat me to it. Yup, I think they need to redo their research a little and find out just how much volcanic activity is melting the glaciers, I thing the finds'll be very surprising and prove man isn't the main cause for global warming. Not saying we're blameless but I think nature adds a lot herself.

That footage is just...wow. Words kind of lose their meaning in a situation like this.

About the ashfall advisory, I did not really understand if it is a definite or not. Is it? If so, I think this weekend will be interesting where I live, eastern part of Norway.

I remember the Heimaey eruption on Vestmannaeyar in 1973...I worked at the local AFRTS studio in Keflavik and both I and my dad , who was the First Sergeant at Rockville, the local radar installation, headed there. He coordinated rescue and salvage activities...an entire fish factory was dismantled and loaded onto boats, and everything that could be saved, from toilets (WC´s) to bedroom doors were removed and loaded on boats. The island was shoveled out and reoccupied before the next Sjómannadagur (Seaman´s day). One thing I know for sure, Icelanders are hardy and quite prepared for this type of emergency. We here in the USA could take a lesson from them on disaster preparedness.

Compulsionist,

Bestu óskir mínar og bænir fara til þín og fjölskyldu þinnar, og allir aðrir snerti við þennan atburð.

Im originally from Keflavic, wonderful country, amazing people. Its a shame whats happening to them right now, but theyre standing up for all free humans.

The volcano is quiet amazing too when its not erupting...


Good luck you guys up there!

How big is this in comparison to normal volcanic activity in Iceland. Isn't Iceland always volcanically active?

I mean, how long has it been since there has been an eruption of this magnitude?

How much will it effect the whole Island?

It sounds like a major event.

Between the Earthquakes and the volcanoes, this whole 2012 thing is starting to look possible. Another poster reported Mt Etna erupting in Italy in the last few weeks.

oh no maybe his brother hfsioyfgsdkfjsh will erupt soon ?