General Volcanic Activity Thread!

[Snipper]

 

[Snipper]

 

[Snipper]

Looks almost alive. 
 

 

[matty40s]

1 hour ago, Snipper said:

 

Still waiting for the huge explosion....

[The PIT]

The lava getting ready to push over the dams iceland.

[The PIT]

To me it seems the eruption has slowed down somewhat I know the lava flow dropped a bit but today it seems much quieter so the dam may get lucky.

[Allseasons-Si]

Answers on a plate please

 

[The PIT]

I did post early but it seemed to have been chewed up by the internet. The eastern part of the dam has been breached nd the lava making rapid process down the valley.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14MWPPQ3SeEGquYy1JvPei3teL-ly0EQMitCzkEAsbsc/edit#gid=0

 

[Midlands Ice Age]

Found this of the moment it was breached...

Lava Destroyed the Dike! Huge Lava Eruption in Iceland.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jUpmD53gb0

MIA

Edited May 22, 2021 by Midlands Ice Age

[Midlands Ice Age]

and the map of the area, and 6 hrs later the lava has filled about 1/3 of the valley floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLzUAJSnkuE

The problem for the locals is that the road to the site and along the coast will now be breached... even worse they will lose the underground cables (internet access) to their more dangerous volcanos, which they continuously monitor.

MIA 

[Allseasons-Si]

Mount Etna is putting on a show tonight

 

Vulcano Etna EST webcam live con dati meteo - Catania vedetta

VEDETTA.ORG

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webcam Etna, detto anche Mongibello, è un vulcano della Sicilia ed è il più alto vulcano attivo della placca euroasiatica.

 

[matty40s]

Mount Nyiragongo: DR Congo residents flee as volcano erupts

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Thousands flee the city of Goma as nearby Mount Nyiragongo throws huge lava fountains into the air.

 

[The PIT]

Nyiragongo produces very fluid lava which can travel very large distances very quickly. Flank eruptions occur draining the lava lake at the summit. Despite have fluid lava the volcano has a structure of a strato volcano rather than a shield volcano

[Snipper]

6 hours ago, matty40s said:

Mount Nyiragongo: DR Congo residents flee as volcano erupts

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Thousands flee the city of Goma as nearby Mount Nyiragongo throws huge lava fountains into the air.

 

Makes the Iceland eruption seem somewhat gentle and academic. 

[Snipper]

 

[matty40s]

Congo drone footage of lava fields 

 

[Snipper]

Only dip into this thread very fleetingly. Why did they construct the barrier? From what has been shown what is being protected?. 

[matty40s]

2 hours ago, Snipper said:

Only dip into this thread very fleetingly. Why did they construct the barrier? From what has been shown what is being protected?. 

Access road coast road, cabling to sensors on other more dangerous volcanoes and fault lines.

 

 an interview with Vísir yesterday, Fannar Jónasson, Mayor of Grindavík, expressed his concern regarding the flow of lava from the eruption near Fagradalsfjall toward Suðurstrandarvegur (a coastal road running between Grindavík and Þorlákshöfn, which besides being an important transportation artery has also been widely used by travellers visiting the volcano). If the lava were to flow into Nátthagi valley, it could stream south toward the coastal road, resulting in disruption to traffic and damage to infrastructure (including fibre-optic cables).

[Snipper]

6 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Access road coast road, cabling to sensors on other more dangerous volcanoes and fault lines.

 

 an interview with Vísir yesterday, Fannar Jónasson, Mayor of Grindavík, expressed his concern regarding the flow of lava from the eruption near Fagradalsfjall toward Suðurstrandarvegur (a coastal road running between Grindavík and Þorlákshöfn, which besides being an important transportation artery has also been widely used by travellers visiting the volcano). If the lava were to flow into Nátthagi valley, it could stream south toward the coastal road, resulting in disruption to traffic and damage to infrastructure (including fibre-optic cables).

Many thanks. Much appreciated. 

[The PIT]

Looks like the eruption is slowing down the fountaining getting less and the gaps between them seem longer. Seismic activity is pretty low across the country. Probably fizzle out by the end of next week. 

[Cleeve Hill]

On 20/04/2021 at 18:40, matty40s said:

La Soufriere volcano update from 5 hours ago.

(Starts at 5 minutes in)

 

Still 20,000 people displaced from their homes. The Caribbean knows Volcano's well. There's been Montserrat which still smoking 24 years after the eruption and St. Lucia has alot of activity by the Pitons. 

[The PIT]

59 minutes ago, The PIT said:

Looks like the eruption is slowing down the fountaining getting less and the gaps between them seem longer. Seismic activity is pretty low across the country. Probably fizzle out by the end of next week. 

Funnily enough when I posted this we had several fountaining episodes fairly close together.

[matty40s]

2 minutes ago, The PIT said:

Funnily enough when I posted this we had several fountaining episodes fairly close together.

Keep posting then....might be connected....

[The PIT]

Etna was also erupting  last night and seems to be in a very active phase with almost daily eruptions after a brief period of relative quiet.

 

[alexisj9]

On 21/05/2021 at 21:26, Allseasons-si said:

Answers on a plate please

 

My guess would be drone lol, these days it nearly always is one.