Under the volcano - Grindavik, Iceland
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Construction vehicles trying to redirect the flow of Lava from the town of Grindavík in Iceland on the 14th of January.
Photo by Einn1tveir2
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Civil Protection of Iceland - A volcano spews lava and smoke as it erupts in Grindavik, Iceland, December 18. 2023
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US Geologist and Idaho University professor Shawn Willsey, who stayed in Grindavik while studying recent Iceland eruptions, has been providing news, maps, photos, earthquake data, explainers, info from local contacts, and answering questions as he follows Iceland's volcanic activity from afar. He'd given a drone guided tour just this morning, a few hours before the eruption commenced.
This evening, about five hours after the eruption started, Shawn and Johan from NatureEye.com gave another drone livestream of the eruption (following rules set by local authorities).
Views of lava fountains with Shawn providing context and observations (good news for the moment re: initial lava flow direction):
He's not doing this in any kind of official capacity, but because it's his area of expertise and personal interest. He was already a science educator posting geology field trip videos of interesting places around Utah and Idaho, which is how I stumbled across him. But his liveblogging this fall on Iceland's geologic unrest suddenly made his channel go viral.
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Grindavik, Iceland 27.08.2022
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Yup a volcano near me erupted
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Grindavik volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland
Watch live! It's super active right now.
Ad Astra Institute associate director Kij Johnson just arrived not a day in advance of the eruption, and good timing because no flights are allowed in or out at the moment.
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Icelandic volcano live: Lava reaches town of Grindavik - BBC News
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I've been watching the livestream from near Grindavík. The expected eruption started today (14th January) The fissure crossed the berm/dike that had been erected hoping to keep lava from the town. There way big earth-moving equipment parked on the town-side, and the lava flow was set to swallow them up.
And then the lave flow slowed down, and some folks drove towards it, and walked along its edge to get to the machines and drove them somewhere safer. It's a silly little thing compared to people maybe having their homes destroyed, or their town declared to be too risky to rebuild, but it made me happy to see them drive to safety.
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