Bardarbunga Volcano, Iceland

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I've been watching the webcam off and on today. It's changed considerably in the last couple of hours. Earlier, it looked fairly quiet, with a little steam here and there. Now I see flames and the camera shakes with the earth. (I suppose it could also be from wind, but none of the other webcams there are shaking).

_http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/

I'm guessing this could be the "major outgassing event" the Cs referenced(?)
 
Well, reading the icelandic news, the reporters that flew over the area today said that there is more lava coming out of the dyke and it is bigger, launching the lava over a hundred meters. There is no clear sign of a pressure decrease in the dyke, no one knows what is going to happen next, it could shut down, or grow to something bigger, so we will wait and see what happens.

taken from: _http://www.icenews.is/2014/09/01/status-of-eruption-at-holuhraun-lava-field-in-iceland/
It remains unclear how the situation will develop. Four scenarios are still considered most likely:

The migration of magma could stop, resulting in a gradual reduction in seismic activity and no further eruptions.

The dyke could reach the Earth’s surface causing another eruption, possibly on a new fissure. Lava flow and (or) explosive activity cannot be excluded.

The intrusion reaches the surface and another eruption occurs where either the fissure is partly or entirely beneath Dyngjujökull. This would most likely produce a flood in Jökulsá á Fjöllum and perhaps explosive, ash-producing activity.

An eruption in Bárðarbunga. The eruption could cause an outburst flood and possibly an explosive, ash-producing activity. In the event of a subglacial eruption, it is most likely that flooding would affect Jökulsá á Fjöllum. However it is not possible to exclude the following flood paths: Skjálfandafljót, Kaldakvísl, Skaftá and Grímsvötn.
 
GAIA said:
Well, reading the icelandic news, the reporters that flew over the area today said that there is more lava coming out of the dyke and it is bigger, launching the lava over a hundred meters. There is no clear sign of a pressure decrease in the dyke, no one knows what is going to happen next, it could shut down, or grow to something bigger, so we will wait and see what happens.

taken from: _http://www.icenews.is/2014/09/01/status-of-eruption-at-holuhraun-lava-field-in-iceland/
It remains unclear how the situation will develop. Four scenarios are still considered most likely:

The migration of magma could stop, resulting in a gradual reduction in seismic activity and no further eruptions.

The dyke could reach the Earth’s surface causing another eruption, possibly on a new fissure. Lava flow and (or) explosive activity cannot be excluded.

The intrusion reaches the surface and another eruption occurs where either the fissure is partly or entirely beneath Dyngjujökull. This would most likely produce a flood in Jökulsá á Fjöllum and perhaps explosive, ash-producing activity.

An eruption in Bárðarbunga. The eruption could cause an outburst flood and possibly an explosive, ash-producing activity. In the event of a subglacial eruption, it is most likely that flooding would affect Jökulsá á Fjöllum. However it is not possible to exclude the following flood paths: Skjálfandafljót, Kaldakvísl, Skaftá and Grímsvötn.

Yes, all these options are still a possibility. Its still in eruption "mode" since 29th August last year, with the fissure eruption in the Holuhraun lava field showing no signs of stopping, and earthquakes daily since last August (between 3-5 magnitude). The caldera is also subsiding on a daily basis.

Considering that the C's mentioned that simultaneous volcanic eruptions around the globe are a possibility; this is a cause for concern.

Link to daily updates of Bardarbunga volcanic activity - pretty good daily summary in my opinion:

_http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/
 
Taken from jonfr.com:
Bárðarbunga volcano update for 20-January-2015
Posted on January 21, 2015 by Jón Frímann

The eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano (Holuhraun). Not much change has been reported in past few days. Currently the northern side of the eruption crater has not collapsed so far, but based on web cameras it appears that the activity is increasing in the north part of the crater. The lava field is now around 85 km² in size. The amount of SO2 that comes up during the day is around 10.000 – 30.000 tons of it.

Earthquake activity has been increasing in Bárðarbunga volcano for the past 24 hours. There is now a considerable higher number of earthquakes with magnitude 3,0 and higher taking place. I don’t know why this is happening. Either something is changing in Bárðarbunga volcano or something in the crust is giving away. At the moment it is impossible to know for sure what is going on. It is also impossible to know when that might become clear what is going on.

So it still seems that anything can happen.

Link to a nice video taken from a helicopter that show the lava in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXVpoLIGMd0
and check out this image taken from Nasa Modis of iceland on January 18Th 2015, the island is completely covered in snow and ice, expect of course for the volcano: http://www.wired.com/2015/01/iceland-the-real-land-of-fire-and-ice-volcano/
 
Something I noticed today on sott:

http://www.sott.net/article/291701-Earth-opening-up-Two-lakes-beneath-Greenland-ice-sheet-rapidly-drained-away-surprising-researchers

Researchers who are building the highest-resolution map of the Greenland Ice Sheet to date have made a surprising discovery: two lakes of meltwater that pooled beneath the ice and rapidly drained away.

One lake once held billions of gallons of water and emptied to form a mile-wide crater in just a few weeks. The other lake has filled and emptied twice in the last two years.

...which gives me a funny feeling since Greenland is up there in the general global vicinity... something is definitely going on!
 
Wow, interesting article, what is going on underneath all that ice? Greenland is definitely to be monitored! Let's see what info will come out in the next few months.
 
Also just saw this in Sott - about mass bird die-offs in Iceland :

_http://www.sott.net/article/291839-Hundreds-of-dead-seabirds-found-in-north-Iceland

Not sure if its related directly , but definitely interesting to note

Marine birds like Guillemotts prey heavily on fish and other smaller marine life. Their die-offs could be related to erratic sea temperature changes that are caused by under water volcanism which then affects their known food-sources. As these birds constantly travel/nest in the same area year after year, and know their common fishing grounds well - there must be less food for them now...something definitely seems to be brewing up North !
 
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