Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano

[Gray-Wolf]

The 'stream' does appear to be becoming a 'torrent'......must be hot up top!

[coldfingers]

The tremor graph for ESK just shot up!

As high as it has ever been since this started on the 14th!

http://hraun.vedur.i...9/gosplott.html

Oh how I wish the low cloud would move so that we have a clear view ot the eruption.

The 'stream' does appear to be becoming a 'torrent'......must be hot up top!

You are right, just checked the vodaphone cams and it is absolutely bucketing out of the bottom of the glacier now!

Edited April 28, 2010 by coldfingers

[coldfingers]

It's really hard to see through the cloud at the moment but it does look like either seriously increased waterfall or else steam coming from the base of the waterfal.

Edited April 28, 2010 by coldfingers

[Rustynailer]

A poster called Scott on eruptions reckons he has seen lava at the base of the glacier

I presume its on http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos

Scroll down it will be on the bottom picture.

Edited April 28, 2010 by Rustynailer

[coldfingers]

I can't see any lava but that waterfall is spewing mucky water at an incredible rate just now.

Cloud how I hate it!! Still a light show for three nights running would perhaps be spoiling us.

Just a thought, we definitely have a new waterfall off this glacier now as the ice is being eroded further and further back, will they have to make a new name for the waterfall as it wasn't there before this eruption? I suppose once it all quietens down the waterfall will stop too so maybe that answers my own question?

With the clouds starting to lift a little on the Thorolsfelli webcam it is easier to see the possible lava tongue more clearly and it seems to me to have progressed further down the glacier today. Anyone agree?

There also appears to be an escape of steam halfway down the glacier on the left side at times. A fumerol or just an escape of steam from lava under the glacier?

I suppose tomorrow will tell.

http://eldgos.mila.i...fimmvorduhalsi/

Steam plume just becoming visible through the cloud on the Valahnuk webcam.

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-valahnjuk/

Edited April 28, 2010 by coldfingers

[coldfingers]

That escape of steam halfway down the left of the glacier has now become regular. I wonder if this means the lava is reaching that far under the ice?

Steam now appears to be coming from the lower right side of the glacier too. This is really getting interesting.

Wonder if we will see any incandescence on any of the cams tonight?

Edited April 28, 2010 by coldfingers

[picog]

I can see what you mean about the increase in mucky melt water. From the borolfsfelli webcam, there appears to be almost double what there was:

http://eldgos.mila.i...fimmvorduhalsi/

Edited April 29, 2010 by picog

[coldfingers]

I can see what you mean about the increase in mucky melt water. From the borolfsfelli webcam, there appears to be almost double what there was:

http://eldgos.mila.i...fimmvorduhalsi/

Yes last night while it was still visible it was gushing at a tremendous rate. This morning there seems as much water but the torrent of the waterfall isn't visible, looks like it has worn down a gully for itself to run down.Also unless there is more ash covering it, it looks like more of the right side of the glacier has collapsed. Hard to tell in the poor light conditions still though.

Edited April 29, 2010 by coldfingers

[LadyPakal]

Nice timelapse of yesterdays events:

[coldfingers]

Nice timelapse of yesterdays events:

Thanks for that link LP, visibility is appalling on the webcams but on the thorlfsfelli one the amount of water still draining away suggests that things are likely to be still happening at approx the same level.

A couple more small quakes in the area too.

Edited April 29, 2010 by coldfingers

[Rustynailer]

A couple of quakes from near Katla have been removed from the map, I do not know the reason.

Tourist snowball fight hits earthquake sensor! Just speculating lol

Can't see the Volcano plume on cams, too many clouds. The glacier appears to have changed little, from what I have seen(Útsýni frá Þórólfsfelli).

Russ

The lightning radar still shows fresh strikes http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/index.html?

http://andvari.vedur.is/athuganir/eldingar/vikan_is.html Local

Edited April 29, 2010 by Rustynailer

[LadyPakal]

Hi res image here: http://www.pitt.edu/~mramsey/data/iceland/ASTER_19apr10_VNIR.jpg

[Rustynailer]

There are these too LP, nothing really up to date frustratingly, unless anybody knows how to get updated versions of what we have posted, I say hopefully

http://www3.hi.is/~ij/aska/eyja.htm

[coldfingers]

Tremors on the ESK graph going upwards yet again.

http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla2009/stodvaplott.html

I hope the lightning showing on the radar means that the eruption is still very active and the plume rising nicely?

Edited April 29, 2010 by coldfingers

[AtlanticFlamethrower]

A couple of quakes from near Katla have been removed from the map, I do not know the reason.

You sure? They must be back because here they are again.

[LadyPakal]

This might be interesting: http://wwwobs.univ-bpclermont.fr/SO/televolc/hotvolc/Islande_Avril2010/indexEN.php

Latest info & some interesting photos/graphics.

Edited April 30, 2010 by LadyPakal

[The PIT]

These clouds area problem. Nothing too see once again.

[Rustynailer]

You sure? They must be back because here they are again.

According to somebody called Chris from Reykjavik :-

(quote) These quakes appear on this list automatically and are being manually curated later on. Which means that an expert is looking at the data and then decides, if this is a real signal. Thats why quakes are sometimes disappearing, sometimes they are changed in their order of magnitude and sometimes one quakes is even divided into two.

They were there one minute then they were gone. Just after I posted ! lol

Still the Volcano is erupting out of sight, an increase in vertical tremor means more lava is erupting, I think.

Russ

http://wwwobs.univ-bpclermont.fr/SO/televolc/hotvolc/Islande_Avril2010/liens.php Loads of links

Edited April 30, 2010 by Rustynailer

[coldfingers]

clouds slowly thinning on webcam but of far more interest is THIS!

http://hraun.vedur.i...9/gosplott.html

Highest tremor on chart since this eruption began!

Edited April 30, 2010 by coldfingers

[Rustynailer]

clouds slowly thinning on webcam but of far more interest is THIS!

http://hraun.vedur.i...9/gosplott.html

Highest tremor on chart since this eruption began!

What do you think will happen next?

I can't decide between lava bursting in to view and the whole eruption stopping and bursting out somewhere else. Probably totally wrong. But I enjoy guessing CF.

Russ

[coldfingers]

What do you think will happen next?

I can't decide between lava bursting in to view and the whole eruption stopping and bursting out somewhere else. Probably totally wrong. But I enjoy guessing CF.

Russ

Ah I wish I knew Rusty. on the otherhand I think this unexpectedness (is that a word? :winky:) of this particular volcano is what is making it exciting.

Can't wait for those clouds to clear though!! At least it isn't total fog like lastnight! The water flowing off seems to be at a pretty high level still.

Edit. Aargh! Shouldn't have mentioned the total fog, it's back on the Thorolfsfelli webcam!

My family think I am mad and obsessed with this thing but I just think it is wonderful to sit indoors and see what is happening at a volvano.

Edited April 30, 2010 by coldfingers

[coldfingers]

Actually now I can see a bit more on the Thorlfsfelli cam the water run off seems vastly increased at the moment, could be that lava flow is further down the glacier and still melting it at a rapid rate.

[Rustynailer]

I find it fascinating CF, especially as this is the first time I have ever been able to follow a volcano live, the added bonus is that it effects us, a volcano(!), I never expected to be so close to the action.

If this switches off right now, it still will have been a great experience.

Cool thing is, is that it will probably go on for months and when its finished, Katla will probably erupt too, great.

B/W I don't worry about the consequences as that is fate and I am a fatalist. I am not here to worry, I am here to enjoy. If the volcano flattens me, so be it.

Now lets wish for a better view today :winky:

Regards,

Russ

[coldfingers]

I am not here to worry, I am here to enjoy. If the volcano flattens me, so be it.

At least it isn't the size of Yellowstone. :winky:

[Rustynailer]

Well CF there are more craters there than I expected, I wonder if its trying to sneak around the back of the webcams?!!

http://www3.hi.is/~ij/aska/EYJA_JVS.pdf

I know its only the 27th but what is it like now I wonder?

More small earthquakes on the island

Edited April 30, 2010 by Rustynailer