LadyPakal

New post on eruptions blog: http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/ Good pic of the steam & cracks in the ice plus an update of the current stage of the eruption.

Water temperature measured at Markarfljót old bridge this morning was about 17 ° C.

Plumes visible now. Voda cam.

We are actually watching a glacier evaporate - how often do you think that will happen in one lifetime? On that note, I need to sleep. Night all!

I *so* wish I was up where that camera is now... surly - lol! I can really relate to that volcano at the moment - there is a certain female (and male too, if I'm not being picky) in Aberdeen I would like to drop in that caldera.

Told you she was being a busy girl under all that cloud. Just look at her showing off now.

Thorocam showing nice fire at the top - well, it was. There seems to be steam vents all over the place up there now. I think the fire we are seeing is where the lava has reached so far. Looks like a lava 'river' in shape.

Unless GW is mentioned in an thing (research paper, tv documentary etc.) they won't get the funding to be made. Pretend it's the latest fashion (like shoulder pads, rara skirts or boob tubes - I'm showing my age but they were all fashions I ignored when I was a teen) and ignore it. Spotted the tourists/scientists on the Thoro/Voda cams yet?

Nightfall could be interesting - wonder where the glow has got to. Did you see the image captured last night on the Eruptions blog showing a glow partway down the slope? http://www.corestore.org/3glows.jpg According to the RUV site (from post #91 on the eruptions blog): 'The current estimate is that the lava has ca. 1km (ca. 0.6mi) to go before it breaks into free air.'

No-one seems to - that's what makes it such fun! Just think, not so long ago we would not have been able to watch all this real time. Who woulda thunk it... Woa, look at 'er go!

Wonder what the temperature of that water is now... I would say the hot stuff is pretty close to the outflow now, looking at that.

http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos/en It's calmed down a bit now - lots of steam & falling debris/snow/rock/water? a short while ago.

Vodaphone cam is back up and the closeup view has stuff happening in it.

Someone has made a time lapse vid of them pootling about..

These vehicles are probably what they call 'super jeeps' equipped with snorkles & the like. Can go through quite deep water if they need. I want to drive one... for giggles. Look like this apparently: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_CeTKUI7gs3E/S92y7ludGKI/AAAAAAAAQ6M/u60hv5nWLGw/s800/DSC_9309.JPG in action.

I know - it is hard to get a sense of scale until something familiar is caught in frame. I suspect they are scientists rather than tourists!

For an idea of scale:

That ash cloud is towering - almost at the top of the field of view... Wonderful view!

Another tip - when the vodaphone cam is too busy to get onto, the images are still archived in those folders and you can usually get to them - select current.jpg & just refresh it every so often. You need to remember to change the hour every so often but it's better than nothing!

To check old images on the vodaphone cam, take a look here: http://extras.vodafone.is/trailers/fimmvorduhals/mx10-4-235-80/2010/ The first thing you will see is that the current folder is called 2010 (year). Sub folders are divided by month then day & then hour. Have a look back and see if there has been any movement.

One of those meterological phenomenon, not uncommon on mountains, I suspect. You see it quite freqently on timelapse type views on tv.

Probably neither.

From here: http://www.earthice.hi.is/page/ies_Eyjafjallajokull_eruption 'Additional note: Plumes of white steam extend partway down Gígjökull. The uppermost plume represents the position of the northward-flowing lava flow, whereas the lower plumes are from hot meltwater.' 'Conditions at eruption site: A 200-m-wide eruptive crater is visible within the ice cauldron. The rim of the crater appears to be ~30 m lower than the adjacent ice surface. Lava has propagated ~1 km north from the crater toward Gígjökull. Although steam is forming over the lava front, no large emissions of steam originate from the eruptive crater.' 'Presently, there are no measurable indications that the eruption is about to end.'

Have you seen the tremor plots today? http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/gosplott.html Ash production has suddenly reduced tremendously...

She does look beautiful today... white skirts spread and a very strange two tone hairdo!