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Area North Of Bárðarbunga Volcano Evacuated
An evacuation order went into effect yesterday in the area north of Vatnajökull glacier, in light of ongoing earthquake activity around the Bárðarbunga volcano, reports RÚV. According to Víðir Reynisson, department manager of Iceland’s Civil Protection and Emergency Management, the evacuation has been a success though he…
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Icelandic Volcanism: Where, Why & How?
Iceland sure has been in the global news a lot this past year or so and a lot of that has been to do with volcanoes. So why does this little country, stranded in the middle of the North-Atlantic, have so many…
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Icelandic Volcanoes – HOW DO THEY WORK?!?
In the last week or so, there’s been a lot of speculation and rumour flying around about the potential for an eruption of Grímsvötn. Firstly, I should say that this is still a distinct possibility. Secondly, I should say that in the…
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Eyjafjallajökull: Who’s Laughing Now, Europe?
You are probably aware of the spectacular (if small) volcanic eruption on Fimmvörðuháls, the ridge next to Eyjafjallajökull glacier. We wrote about it last issue and everything. That eruption sadly ended not long after we went to print, and even most volcanologists…
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Eyjafjallajökull Raves On
As those European airport slumber parties wind down and guests return to the humdrum of sleeping in real beds, taking showers and hopefully changing their socks, the Eyjafjallajökull ash fest is far from over for the farmers living near the base of…
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Eruption Aye-ya fyah-dla jow-kudl
Since news of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption hit the international press, it has been pretty clear that Icelandic is quite the tongue twister. Many of its sounds probably had to be picked up during that critical language acquisition stage if you’re going to…
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Eruption and Falling Ash Update
The Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management has issued an update, in English, on the eruption and falling ash situation in the Eyjafjallajökull area. “Eyjafjallajökull glacier and the foothills around the area is closed to the public,” the statement says in…
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Eruption Could Go On For Months
Following yesterday’s slightly surprising eruption development, more detailed news have begun to trickle in. I bring you as much as I know, straight from the very knowledgeable and probably very tired scientists who are working on this right now. And I apologise…
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NEW ERUPTION!
So, after yesterday’s tectonic disappointment, I bring good news! If you like volcanoes, anyway. Our old friend Eyjafjallajökull, who we thought was stopping, is in fact not stopping. At all. News have been coming out of another eruption this morning following a…
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So, that was it? Maybe.
It seems today that the eruption at Eyjafjallajökull-Fimmvörðuháls might be coming to an end. Volcanic tremor had decreased approximately to pre-eruption levels (i.e. next to nothing) and there seems to be a lack of lava effusion, from what I can see. I also believe there…
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Volcano Cam International Hit
About a million people from 150 different countries have taken a look at the volcano at Fimmvörðuháls, all through a website with a webcam pointed at the eruption. Vísir reports that according to a statement from Mila, the company operating the website,…
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Tourist Industry Profits from Volcano
It is reported that the tourist industry in Iceland is raking in tens of millions of crowns every day from the volcano at Fimmvörðuháls. RÚV reports that Torfi G. Yngvason, the director of Arctic Adventures, likens the volcano to a gold mine.…
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Excellent Eruption Pics!
Grapevine was fortunate enough to be invited on a trip to the Eyjafjallajökull/Fimmvörðuháls eruption a couple of days ago, travelling from Reykjavík via a super jeep from Iceland Rovers and up the glacier via a snowmobile from Snow.is. Our photographer, Julia Staples,…
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More breaking(-ish) news!
At about 19:00 last night a new fissure opened up at the Fimmvörðuháls eruption. Current information is that it’s about 300-400 metres long, north-northwest from and pretty close to the first fissure. There is still no sub-glacial activity on Eyjafjallajökull so there’s…
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Breaking Volcano News!
Oh yes, I bring you something new. Within the last hour or so (around 18:00-19:00), a big burst of earthquakes (not necessarily large-magnitude ones, but a lot of them) has occurred in a very tight cluster, focussed somewhere between the Eyjafjallajökull caldera…
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Grapevine Takes A Hike – New Videos
The Grapevine’s loving patriarch Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson took a drive and a small hike last night to check out our favourite event of 2010 thus far – the Eyjafjallajökull/Fimmvörðuháls eruption. He brought along his camera and shot the below videos, which are…
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New Lava Waterfall Forms!
Hello once again, lava lovers! Alas, I have no new photos to share today, but here is what’s happening over on our pet volcano right now… The biggest new development is probably the formation of a new lava flow, and consequently a…
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Stunning New Eruption Photos
While we wait for our awesome volcano man James to send us an update report on the Fimmvörðuháls eruption, we thought we’d share with you some STUNNING new photographs. We thank Þröstur Jón Sigurðsson for hiking up to the volcano and capturing…
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THE ERUPTION REPORT #2
Hello again folks. Just thought I’d give a brief update of what’s happening in a simple but hopefully fairly correct fashion. In short, the eruption continues. In slightly longer terms, it’s still going quite strong, actually. I believe the fissure has shortened…
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Eyjafjallajökull Eruption: Video Footage
Grapevine embarked upon a rather fruitless trip to the South coast of Iceland to try and spot some volcanic activities earlier today. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to make it up to the eruption site. When we got back, however, we did find…
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Volcanic Eruption: Actually In Fimmvörðuháls, All Is Well
Icelandic state news outlet RÚV has posted a public announcement in English regarding the volcanic eruption which we reported on earlier. Everyone is safe and all is well, at least right now. Read their announcement after the jump. While it was initially…