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when did the melting in the top right appear I haven't been keeping an eye on the cams at all the last few days?

5.2M near bardurbunga its getting lively now Wednesday 27.08.2014 02:50:36 64.685 -17.354 12.9 km 5.2 99.0 9.6 km ENE of Bárðarbunga

3.7M at ASKJA the plot thickens Wednesday27.08.2014 01:52:02 65.022 -16.652 3.9 km 3.7 99.0 2.9 km SW of Dreki EDIT : make that 4.5M at askja Wednesday 27.08.2014 01:52:02 65.022 -16.652 3.9 km 4.5 99.0 2.9 km SW of Dreki

IMO has it at 5.3M bardurbunga caldera Wednesday 27.08.2014 00:16:28 64.627 -17.487 9.5 km 5.3 99.0 2.5 km SE of Bárðarbunga

5.7M bardarbunga caldera USGSted â€@USGSted 21m Strong earthquake, ICELAND, Aug-26 01:26 UTC, 0 #quake tweets/min, http://on.doi.gov/1zvrEDO

there is absolutely no way anything like that could happen in Iceland it just isn't possible you might get a slide from a volcano near the coast but even that is quite minimal that this would happen but the whole island breaking up is ludicrous to say the least and there is no chance of anything happening here this looks like it is going to be a fissure eruption if anything which is just a crack opening up in the earth we would get some ash because of ice and water interaction but nothing really explosive or destructive just lots of lava gases and ash but the ash probably wouldn't get too high and be more of a surface thing and even if bardarbunga caldera blew there wouldn't be anything to do anything like is being talked about.

if your looking into that I wouldn't be looking into sunspots if anything is going to affect volcanism it would be magnetics and how that interacts.

Dave McGarvie @subglacial · 36m #Bárðarbunga There's an old basalt fissure eruption (Holuhraun) just NNE of new dyke. If new dyke meets old dyke, maybe the surface beckons?

Dave McGarvie â€@subglacial 16m #Bárðarbunga. The dyke is growing NNE nicely. Context: some fissures in Iceland are c.100 km long, and some Greenland dykes are 400 km long. it doesn't say about this fissure but gives an idea of top end of what we may see. I think 100 km would be top here I don't know why its talking about Greenland.

Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 1m Two leading scientists say there may be links between the #Bardarbunga and #Askja systems given current events

Earthquakes Tsunamis â€@NewEarthquake 46s 5.3 earthquake, 108km WNW of Hofn, Iceland. Aug 24 20:39 at epicenter (18m ago, depth 6km). http://j.mp/XKqd9t

its still very interesting that we are seeing the northward motion of the quakes towards ASKJA as we progress and the main core moving out from under the glacier now this could be a good thing if we are looking for this to progress in a more timely fashion than a more slower progression as with the main activity moving clear of the glacier if we could see the ground open where there is no ice above it then it could melt the glacier then aiding the rupturing of the ground currently under the glacier with the removal of what is undoubtedly helping to keep the ground stable with the added weight and pressure on the surface in these areas. I am not sure how long in length fissure eruptions can be maybe someone with a bit more knowledge can tell me but I would assume it can go quite a large distance dependant on the scale of how much of the fissure is destabalized also worth noting which could make this eruption worse is it seems to be in the line of area where we would see flood water from the glacier now if the fissure was to open in this area then the added water from glacial melt would interact with the magma and create a more explosive eruption which could add to the strain on the fissure itself and could well cause a larger area to open as would be the case with no water interaction. this is going to be a very interesting watch and could well fade away with nothing but it also has the scope to turn into something pretty big and that would be a worry not only for Iceland and airlines but for us also as with fissure eruptions a lot of the poisonous gases that will come from the eruption would stay at the surface instead of being ejected to great height similar to the LAKI and this could be really dangerous if it floats around as this stuff could burn your lungs if inhaled and can even burn or melt your skin on contact as well and if we look at the fact LAKI killed over 1 million people in the 1700's things could get really messy here and one eye kept on the weather forecasts might also be a good idea incase things do take a worse case scenario type of situation.

It isn't a dud if it's a fissure eruption it can take a while for the ground to destabilise properly before it even opens up never mind the ice it's fighting against aswell.We could have another two weeks or more of this before we see anything worth while happens.

the tremors migrating to the north is something I have been keeping an eye on for the last couple of days and I am wondering how far north these might travel and if we are working towards a fissure eruption of some sort just how long the fissure could be in the end is what I'm wondering. remember earlier in the year we had the swarm right beside ASKJA and this swarm looks to be moving along a line in that direction and I am wondering if the two might be connected in some way although I am not entirely sure we could get a fissure that long splitting open or if there would even be some connection in the first place its just really interesting we are seeing tremors moving towards that area.

I'm no gonna get my hopes up after last winter everything looked great in the run up and it was a stormfest something a bit closer in the future to keep an eye on is this developing hurricane in the states the GFS doesn't do much with it but at day 10 the ECM has a deep low in mid atlantic stole these from twitter off ryan maue and it shows the ECM has the system still tropical I wonder if we can see bawbag take 2.

Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 11m According to @LastQuake there was an 5.3M quake 2.3km from #Bardarbunga few minutes ago - things continue to evolve #ashtag Earthquakes Tsunamis â€@NewEarthquake 7m 5.3 earthquake, 113km WNW of Hofn, Iceland. Aug 24 00:09 at epicenter (21m ago, depth 5.4km). http://j.mp/1AISA5D Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 9m Wonder why 5.3M quake shows as 3.0 on IMO? Their sensors are tuned for small quakes and hence underestimate big quakes #Bardarbunga

saw this and thought it looked cool hopefully we will see a big cold blocking high like that this winter with snow showers feeding round it a little while yet though till we find out

Dave McGarvie â€@subglacial 8m #Bárðarbunga. 'Small' eruption + 'thin' ice. Quenching and fragmentation of uprising magma could melt overlying ice. Probably 3+ hours.

http://almannavarnir.is/displayer.asp?cat_id=8&module_id=220&element_id=3171

Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 2m Update 1/2 from @almannavarnir - eruption has started but not through glacier and may not do. No signs on surface #Bardarbunga Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 1m Update 2/2 from @almannavarnir - areas near Jokulsargljufur and Dettifoss being evacuated as precaution. Not other areas #Bardarbunga

Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 6m Small eruption has started in #Bardarbunga volcano - aviation code raised to red. it could well be bigger than that alot of qaukes have been upgraded as the scientists look over the information

Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 1m ICAO code raised to RED after small lava eruption has started at #Bardarbunga #ashtag source: IMO via @RUVfrettir Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 5m Small eruption has started at #Dyngjujokull near #Bardarbunga #confirmed

aye the cam defo aint loading up so something might be happening but this says it isn't erupting yet although it could be waiting for someone to hit the button http://www.ereldgos.is/

earthquake activity certainly on the uptick now with the smaller quakes gaining magnitude and these could well go up more as the scientists have a look at all the info

Gisli Olafsson â€@gislio 32m Iceland has extended 20cm this last week as magma in #Bardarbunga has come up between tectonic plates. Normal year it spreads 2cm #ashtag