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Iceland halts air travel following volcanic eruption.....*long-dormant 6,000 yrs.
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| 3/19/2021
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Posted on 03/19/2021 10:53:55 PM PDT by caww
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posted on
03/19/2021 10:53:55 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
This is what happens when you form your country on a giant rip in the Earth’s crust.
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posted on
03/19/2021 10:57:16 PM PDT
by
LukeL
To: caww
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posted on
03/19/2021 10:59:00 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
In this still image captured from a hand out video, lava flows from the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano in Reykjavik on March 19, 2021. (Icelandic Coast Guard via AFP)
Iceland has 32 volcanic systems.... the highest number in Europe
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:04:54 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:06:24 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: caww
Volcanic eruptions in the region are known as effusive eruptions, where lava flows steadily out of the ground, as opposed to explosive ones which spew ash clouds high into the sky.
The Krysuvik volcanic system has been inactive for the past 900 years, according to the IMO, while the last eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula dates back almost 800 years, to 1240.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:06:40 PM PDT
by
caww
To: LukeL
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:07:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: LukeL
A giant rip in the Earth’s crust. That is what Hawaii is.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:07:49 PM PDT
by
Trumpet 1
(US Constitution is my guide.)
To: caww
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:08:11 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww; SunkenCiv; BenLurkin; All
What a dramatic picture. So glad my new Chromebook allows me to enlarge items on the screen. Hope this event does not damage air transport, or ruin the growing season in Europe like the Laki Fissure eruption in 1783(?)did, helping to cause the French Revolution.
To: caww
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:11:37 PM PDT
by
caww
To: gleeaikin
Well they’ve closed the air space already....no doubt they’re watching this closely.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:13:09 PM PDT
by
caww
To: gleeaikin
Earthquakes on the Reykjanes peninsula during the past 2 weeks (image: IMO)
The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) announced earlier today, that the total number of earthquakes in the region has exceeded 34,000 since the onset of the seismic swarm about 2 weeks ago.
For comparison, it had about 3,400 quakes in the whole of 2020, which also had shown elevated activity, while the average during the previous years was in the range of 1,000-3,000 quakes per year.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:17:42 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
"The Krysuvik volcanic system has been inactive for the past 900 years,..." So, in geologic terms, it's been inactive since last Tuesday(?)
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:18:44 PM PDT
by
The Duke
(Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
To: caww
The red shimmer from magma flowing out from the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano behind the
landmark Blue Lagoon, some 45 km west of the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, on March 19, 2021
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:21:42 PM PDT
by
caww
To: LukeL
This is what happens when you form your country on a giant rip in the Earth’s crust.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:25:03 PM PDT
by
ETL
(REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
To: LukeL
"Iceland's Minister of Justice Aslaug Arna Sigurbjornsdottir shared an image of the eruption..." Man, just try getting that moniker on the back of a sports jersey!
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:33:24 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: Trumpet 1
A giant rip in the Earth’s crust. That is what Hawaii is. Hawaii sits atop a basically stationary "hot spot", not a tectonic plate spreading center.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:34:22 PM PDT
by
ETL
(REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
To: caww
Trump’s fault. Trump and those damned SUVs.
Women and minorities hardest hit.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:39:45 PM PDT
by
kennedy
(No relation to those other Kennedys.)
To: null and void
[and not under any circumstances go close to the eruption site or on Reykjanesbraut.]
Well, at least not without a new box of Scrabble.
“Reykjanesbraut”
Well, that’s a 30 score.
On a serious note, that is quite a picture.
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posted on
03/19/2021 11:56:45 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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