Another Icelandic volcano eruption on the cards

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Chatting with an Icelandic friend yesterday who says one of their volcanos is a rumbling.

Growing Likelihood Of Eruption At Bárðarbunga

http://grapevine.is/news/2014/08/18/growing-likeli...

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jmorgan said:

Risk being raised. Which way is the wind blowin?

Not sure. If it does go off hopefully the CAA will be a little more measured in their response this time.

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Welshbeef said:

How much bigger could this be than the last?

No idea. It is the largest one on the island though. The last one made it's own weather. Angry looking fecker.

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mackie1 said:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/17/1322378/-...

The one in 2010 was a baby compared to this. The history does not make for pleasant reading.

A rift 23 kilometers long opened up in places up to 100 meters wide with lava fountains at times reaching over a kilometers into the air - and it continued erupting for 8 months.

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rufusruffcutt said:

Red Alert has been issued...

Doesn't red mean actually erupting? I thought orange was the highest without actual eruption.

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MitchT said:

Just need to arrange a trip to somewhere I won't want to be able to get back from and insure myself against the cost of an enforced extension to said trip ... and get my timing spot on

Pick your insurer wisely

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance...

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ash73 said:

Live footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoISDUAPNgc

You learn something every day. Didn't know YouTube did that.

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So this is all happening beneath half a kilometre of ice. That's going to be a lot of water to deal with if she blows.

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Silverbullet767 said:

They just had a 5.1 confirmed quake

That's big.

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Welshbeef said:

Is I on the news streams yet I cannot see anything.

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=83adff1ee89cc8c5&hl=en&gl=UK&source=web

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Puggit said:

20 million cubic metres of magma

That's a lot of "magma"

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Digger said:

Can someone do the maths and convert that in to cubic kilometres ?!

A not so impressive sounding 0.02 km3.

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Supernova190188 said:

Would that not be a cube 20m x 20m x 20m , which would be 8000 cubic metres? 20 million would be a far larger cube.

Not sure, did sound small. I just ran it through a couple of conversion calculators. All say the same unless I'm doing it wrong.

Oakey said:

Is it really not impressive or is it 'not impressive' in the same way that if you took all the water on Earth it fits into a sphere about the sizes of the UK

I just meant it didn't sound as impressive as 20 million cubic metres. As above, perhaps I've got the conversion wrong.

Interesting graphic though, thought it would be more. I've no idea what 326 million trillion gallons looks like though

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From a friends FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=8465531353555...

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A few good pictures here:

http://photos.gudmann.is/#!/index/G0000VHvgRsUlb5M

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Cracking bit of footage here…

http://vimeo.com/105365343

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Not Bardarbunga but on a volcano theme. Papua New Guinea's Tavurvur Volcano...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5UecbuYw8

Edited by B17NNS on Sunday 7th September 16:34

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Anyone know what colour warning we are on? Trying to take out travel insurance with John Lewis for a trip in a weeks time. If you take the policy out when the warning is amber you're covered. If it's red then not.

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Puggit said:

These pics are, of course, just the fissure. I hope some cameras are still pointing at Bardarbunga for the main event.

Indeed. I hope it's covered from every angle. She'll do what she'll do. At least let us admire natures full fury in HD.

(I fly on Thursday, a Friday eruption works for me.)

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Puggit said:

Feels like we are entering a new stage - whatever that might be.

Weird that the mainstream press aren't really picking up on this.The potential for a Europe wide life altering event (and it's without doubt not a case of if, it's a case of when), and all it get's is the odd piece about how your flight might be delayed by The Mail.