Another Icelandic volcano eruption on the cards

[Oakey]

Looks like another fissure has opened on the left of cam 1

[Puggit]

Interesting fact: "Rifting in Bárðarbunga volcano area is about what Iceland moves in about 150 year period. This is happening all at once and it does not appear to be over."

[jmorgan]

Bang bang bang.....
http://baering.github.io

[Puggit]

Finally an update...

The volcano stopped subsiding yesterday and uplifted by 1.5m.

[PugwasHDJ80]

is that a good thing or a bad thing? is it al going to go pop and massively erupt now? is it magma pushing it back up again??

[Art0ir]

Puggit said:

Finally an update...

The volcano stopped subsiding yesterday and uplifted by 1.5m.

What does that indicate?

[Puggit]

As Pugwash hypothesised - it most likely indicates a rise of magma.

[jmorgan]

Been dipping in here over the last few weeks. Missed this.
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Bardarb/BARC/

[jmorgan]

Ah, twitter feed saying it was being lifted by scientists because of snow.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/bardarbunga

Edited by jmorgan on Wednesday 12th November 09:17

[Puggit]

[Bill]

[dazwalsh]

Did this firecracker just fizzle out in the end?

[jmorgan]

Still rumbling.
http://baering.github.io

The deformation link showing no data but I understand it is snowed under. They have taken the web coms off line, I expect that is due to winter.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/bardarbunga


And there are some spectacular fly overs on videos.

http://www.ruv.is/volcano


Not that I have been keeping track

[dazwalsh]

Cheers for that, it seems once the media gets bored of reporting it then you assume it's gone back to sleep.

[Welshbeef]

Isn't it possible for a big volcano to be actively erupting for years ?

[jmorgan]

Welshbeef said:

Isn't it possible for a big volcano to be actively erupting for years ?

Mt St Helens did it for four years. Hawaii does I still I think.

[Scooby84]

IIRC it depends on the complexity of the geology and fault lines below.

Iceland sits atop a spreading centre in the earths crust and a hotspot. The Hawaiian island chain sits atop a hotspot too.

Mt. St Helen's is there as a result of the Juan De Fuca plate slipping beneath the North American plate.

[Puggit]

dazwalsh said:

Did this firecracker just fizzle out in the end?

Twitter says it's out

[Puggit]

But... http://icelandreview.com/news/2015/02/24/volcanolo...

[jmorgan]

Aye, been watching the demise if the big red dots (highly technical I am.....)

http://baering.github.io

And the caldera sinking with a bit of history
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Bardarb/BARC/