Posted on 09/18/2021 8:10:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The first lava began spewing out of a fissure close to Mount Fagradalsfjall on the evening of March 19 on the Reykjanes peninsula to the southwest of Reykjavik.
And the ensuing spectacle—ranging from just a slow trickle of lava at times to more dramatic geyser-like spurts of rocks and stones at others—has become a major tourist attraction, drawing 300,000 visitors so far, according to the Iceland Tourist Board.
Iceland's sixth volcanic eruption in 20 years is already longer than the preceding one in Holuhraun, in the centre-east of the island, which lasted from the end of August 2014 until the end of February 2015.
The lava field that has formed this time has been christened "Fagradalshraun"—which can be translated as "beautiful valley of lava"—and takes its name from nearby Mount Fagradalsfjall.
Almost 143 million cubic metres of lava have been spewed out so far.
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It is past time for a lot of these to be extremely active.
I have been watching them for about 30 years, but still cannot spèll them.
In a bad case scenario air travel could be compromised for years.
Spelling them has to be easier than pronouncing them.
I was station there in the 90s. I would have been able to see this everyday. I have a photo of me standing in what is now a lava flow.
The recent, unpronounceable named volcano has gone into a flood lava stage that is spilling over the defensive barrier into the last valley before the ocean. Maybe has 2 miles left to cover before the coastal road and infrastructure is buried.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdKBbfaT6wY
I’ve been watching it every day since it started...
Awesome display of CO2 generation?
Just hope all this doesn’t destroy that fabulous Blue Lagoon eventually...
Watching this volcano is also my regular endeavor.
Pretty much the only calming, peaceful thing lately.
But wait.... Isn’t this volcano BELCHING out CO2 faster than anything we puny humans could do to reduce it? By a factor of say a BILLION!
“Common sense”, the left doesn’t have any.
The leftist scientists are working on a GIANT/YUGE plug to insert in this volcano. (Remember “Butt Plugs”?)
A GIANT butt plug for volcanos. They already have the product, they just need to upsize it.
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