Eruption in Iceland - Geldingardalur - minor fissure eruption

[Mull]

Originally Posted by Thor

The one very concerning thing in Iceland is the retreating and shrinking glaciers that cover most of our most deadly volcanoes. With the glaciers getting thinner means less pressure on the big volcanoes like Katla (Eyjafjallajökull's BIG sister x10 bigger), and a few others we'd rather not see erupt.

With this new activity in Reykjanes Penninsula and the thinning of glaciers, the retreat of them, we are expecting a lot more big eruptions in Iceland, which would be very bad news for everyone.

Its kind of .... pathetic that my mind instantly goes to - thank goodness the wind goes from West to east!

I know I know, Canada will still be impacted negatively in other ways, and this is pretty heartless for the people who would be greatly impacted.

But in my defense, I think it is human nature to sometimes first assess the impact on one owns situation before thinking of others. So I don't quite think I am a monster for thinking this!

[Thor]

Great little map of the area, the open vents are now 8, and the flow is pretty substantial. This map shows all the neat info on the eruption, especially nice to zoom out and see where exactly this is all hapening.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vi...400969269&z=13

[Thor]

Well as the experts said last year, this whole area is now going to be active for 100's of years to come, we had a new eruption near the old one, so if anyone is coming to Iceland this year, you might get lucky. The hike is however not easy, if you plan on visiting check out safetravel.is for details on how to get there, how to prepare.

[devo22]

my brother and his girlfriend were up there during their visit last weekend and sent me videos of it. Fascinating stuff.

[Barnet Flame]

I booked a taxi for the day so my son and I could hike to the eruption site last July (2021). It was one of the most spectacular hikes of my life. To have shared it with my son was so special.

We wouldn’t shut up about our visit to Iceland, so my wife finally relented and we went again in December. By that time, the eruption had paused/stopped, but it didn’t matter, my wife was thanking me on one of our Golden Circle trips for arranging everything.

Iceland is truly magical - a place I want to go back to again and again.

[Thor]

Beautiful arial map of the eruption

https://kuula.co/share/NgvD7?logo=1&...n=5&alpha=0.65