I noticed that too, the lava didn't reach the base as they'd created a small hill to protect the poles. Though then it's interesting that only one of three catches fire.
The pole has more airflow at the top and oxygen is what is needed to make the whole process combustible that's why the pole lights at the top first instead of the bottom. 🚒
Put out a clip of when the lava interacted with the groundwater and caused a huge explosion. That was insane! I want to share that clip with some of my friends.
@@cloverfield911 On the afarTV multicam coverage live feed it happened at 15:58 local time. You can still scroll back and see it at this point, just pay attention to the clock that's frequently shown on the bottom of the video.
@@astrogeo1 please enlighten all of us on how Greenland birthed iceland! Pretty hard for Iceland to have Greenland as a parent when it was settled a couple hundred years before it! And if you're talking geologically neither of them have anything to do with iceland!
@@deannelson9565You have a lot to learn in Geology Dean ! Before about 430 mill years ago both North America including Greenland as one plate and the half of Norway, then Sweden and Finland, known as the Baltic plate was located at or just south of equator. Between them was an ocean the geologist calls the Iapetus ocean, not the current North Atlantic. The plates then moved together and joined in an orogeny creating the Caledonian mountains including about half of current Norway. These mountains are also found in Scotland for the same reason. The Appalachians in the eastern US was formed for the same reason but not quite the same time. After the mountain building prosess caused by the two plate collision the plates moved a bit away from each other creating a long Bay narrowing northwards along the coast of the two plates. Then much later, about 60-55 million years ago the two plates started seriously moving away from each other. This created the Faeroese Islands and its plateau 55 million years ago, it created the first stage of the north Atlantic and it created a large basaltic province in mid Eastern Greenland about 55-35 million years ago inside the Blosseville Coast and south of Scoresbysund. The final stage that was the result of the end of the "matrimony" of Norway and Greenland was the creation of Iceland from about 30 mill years ago - and certainly still ongoing as we see ! So there is a direct connection with basaltic lava provinces in Greenland, Iceland, The Faeroese Islands, and related features on Shetland, in Scotland and in Norway.
Wonder if the people who built the island around the poles to protect them accounted for radiant heat from lava around the island. I'm guessing not. The pole igniting half-way up looks like the island needed to be at least twice as wide to protect the top from excess infra-red radiation. Not that it matters much when the poles are likely under lava by now from the island being barely above that flow. Next time they build islands to protect power poles, they will need to build them wider and taller. Fire-proof insulating foam on poles wouldn't hurt either.
Hollywood lava: Hey, I'm a river of lava, feel free to skip and jump over me in some of the more solid lava stones, that are conveniently floating in me! Real lava: Hey, guy, 10 feet away, YOU ARE NOW ON FIRE!
Im wondering if the poles are metal and we are seeing a coating of paint burning off as the top stopped burning after a short while and made its way down the pole. I cant imagine they would take the time to build a burn around it and then build the poles from wood. Lets give the contractors a little credit.
Ok... but aren't we ALL lonely power poles catching fire surrounded by rivers of lava, though? If you think about it. This is the MOST important video of 2024. 😂❤
@@rosakatrin007 yeah.. If that HV feeder was alive prior to visible flames there would be large blue arcs flash between all 3 conductors and the Earth potential guy wires. Hot ionised air is NOT a good insulator. It's highly likely a protection fault trip would occur, likely a cascade protection event too, which would shutdown every feeder from the substation, Power Station and any other Power Stations interconnected - Cascade.. the drop off like dominos. Could take some time to get the whole National grid back on line, especially if syncronisation is lost in the process.
They made those poles out of wood? Really? WTF? It should be made of concrete or metal, but metal is not the best because it is much better thermal conductor.
Yeah Send out Olafur and his crew and get that pole repaired. Yeah I know it's hot tell them to be careful. Time to reroute that power line .. for good!
It’s the heat that catches it on fire - absolutely nuts!
Yes - radiant heat (infrared radiation) is what everyone actually feels from a toasty fireplace.
I noticed that too, the lava didn't reach the base as they'd created a small hill to protect the poles. Though then it's interesting that only one of three catches fire.
@@45KevinR Maybe that one is from WalMart :)
I can already hear the viking chanting in battle victory
Well no shit Sherlock
Thanks! I love your work!
The pole has more airflow at the top and oxygen is what is needed to make the whole process combustible that's why the pole lights at the top first instead of the bottom. 🚒
That's alot of lava flowing! Thanks for sharing! 😊
I hope those berms were built in the right places, and can divert the flow away from the town.
The flow at this point is basically over
Put out a clip of when the lava interacted with the groundwater and caused a huge explosion. That was insane! I want to share that clip with some of my friends.
Where did that happen?
@@cloverfield911 On the afarTV multicam coverage live feed it happened at 15:58 local time. You can still scroll back and see it at this point, just pay attention to the clock that's frequently shown on the bottom of the video.
@@cloverfield911 Grindavik, Iceland
@@cloverfield911 Just next to the main road down to Grindavik, where they had to install these new poles because the lava had crossed the road before.
The power of radiant heat. What will go first, the pole or the guy wire?
And those volumes of lava ! Never seen before here..
Iceland is borned from bigger lava flow.
Iceland is the child of Norway and Greenland...
But the firstborn was The Faeroese Islands about 55 mill years ago 😁
@@astrogeo1 please enlighten all of us on how Greenland birthed iceland! Pretty hard for Iceland to have Greenland as a parent when it was settled a couple hundred years before it! And if you're talking geologically neither of them have anything to do with iceland!
@@deannelson9565You have a lot to learn in Geology Dean ! Before about 430 mill years ago both North America including Greenland as one plate and the half of Norway, then Sweden and Finland, known as the Baltic plate was located at or just south of equator. Between them was an ocean the geologist calls the Iapetus ocean, not the current North Atlantic. The plates then moved together and joined in an orogeny creating the Caledonian mountains including about half of current Norway. These mountains are also found in Scotland for the same reason. The Appalachians in the eastern US was formed for the same reason but not quite the same time.
After the mountain building prosess caused by the two plate collision the plates moved a bit away from each other creating a long Bay narrowing northwards along the coast of the two plates.
Then much later, about 60-55 million years ago the two plates started seriously moving away from each other. This created the Faeroese Islands and its plateau 55 million years ago, it created the first stage of the north Atlantic and it created a large basaltic province in mid Eastern Greenland about 55-35 million years ago inside the Blosseville Coast and south of Scoresbysund.
The final stage that was the result of the end of the "matrimony" of Norway and Greenland was the creation of Iceland from about 30 mill years ago - and certainly still ongoing as we see !
So there is a direct connection with basaltic lava provinces in Greenland, Iceland, The Faeroese Islands, and related features on Shetland, in Scotland and in Norway.
@@deannelson9565 I actually posted a reply to your request. But someone has removed it !?
Was it you ?
Wonder if the people who built the island around the poles to protect them accounted for radiant heat from lava around the island. I'm guessing not. The pole igniting half-way up looks like the island needed to be at least twice as wide to protect the top from excess infra-red radiation. Not that it matters much when the poles are likely under lava by now from the island being barely above that flow.
Next time they build islands to protect power poles, they will need to build them wider and taller. Fire-proof insulating foam on poles wouldn't hurt either.
These are replacement poles from the lava having crossed the road previously.
Hollywood lava: Hey, I'm a river of lava, feel free to skip and jump over me in some of the more solid lava stones, that are conveniently floating in me!
Real lava: Hey, guy, 10 feet away, YOU ARE NOW ON FIRE!
What a metaphor a river of lava and a power pole seemingly not touched by the lava, and yet catching fire and soon will be a pool of melting steel.
The lava clearly didn't look both ways before it crossed the road!
Is there footage of when the structure fell?
It would have been interesting to see the reaction when the steel core aluminium cable touched the lava.
Lava appears to over top low southern end of mount Hagafell.
goes to show how hot the lava is
IT'S LAMP 2.0 (who else remembers lamp?)
RIP Lamp and Lamp 2.0
Heroic lamp #1 and stalwart electrical poles #2. RIP
No Lamp, you cannot leave me. 🦋 💡
I felt so sorry for it lol. It stood it's ground faithfully and then was not and the generator just folded. I was just thinking of that!
It tried so hard to keep doing its job! Is it timber? If so, where do you get the timber for power poles in Iceland? I don't see many forests!
I think if it was timber it would burnt through long ago..
Imported.
Where is part two? Curious to see what happens in the end!
This channel has live cameras in real time available to watch.
@@saywhat8966 I know. So, did the camera film them going down later perhaps? If that happened/ will happen I'm eager to see part 2.
I don't think you could out run that lava. WOW
What an amazing river of lava incredible
Makes me think of the Japan tsunami footage.
Im wondering if the poles are metal and we are seeing a coating of paint burning off as the top stopped burning after a short while and made its way down the pole. I cant imagine they would take the time to build a burn around it and then build the poles from wood. Lets give the contractors a little credit.
Radiant heat is a thing. These power poles are experiencing the same heat problem some of the drone pilots have experienced.
Ok... but aren't we ALL lonely power poles catching fire surrounded by rivers of lava, though? If you think about it. This is the MOST important video of 2024. 😂❤
who put wooden poles near a volcano neat how the asphalt from the road turns to burning bubbles
surely they can't be wood poles in a volcanic zone?
Sure can be.
This lava is soo fast!
There goes the power to the town. 😥
They turned off the electricity in the beginning of the eruption
And the town has been evacuated, no need for power.
@@rosakatrin007 yeah.. If that HV feeder was alive prior to visible flames there would be large blue arcs flash between all 3 conductors and the Earth potential guy wires. Hot ionised air is NOT a good insulator.
It's highly likely a protection fault trip would occur, likely a cascade protection event too, which would shutdown every feeder from the substation, Power Station and any other Power Stations interconnected - Cascade.. the drop off like dominos. Could take some time to get the whole National grid back on line, especially if syncronisation is lost in the process.
@@a.3086 power is up and running now
The Icelanders should take a leaf from South Australia and start using Stobie Poles. They are made of steel and concrete and don’t burn so easily.
Those crappy looking things are only used because termites don't eat them. I've never seen them used for tall HV transmission use.
they are not crappy. They are used because wood is in short supply. SA doesn’t havev any forests. Also they are used for high voltage lines.
Is that the power to Grindavik!?
Yes, but not anymore.
maybe use thick metal this time
They made those poles out of wood? Really? WTF? It should be made of concrete or metal, but metal is not the best because it is much better thermal conductor.
I don't think the river of lava was there when they put them up...
No, timber is a rational, cost effective choice in that application.
dingue
So much for creating barricades and ditches for the lava to flow through.
They should rename Iceland to Hraunlandi.
Rent a room at fancy Blue Lagoon resort. Volcanos are harmless, volcanos are safe. Trust the government of Iceland
its only one, whats the big deal?
Too bad they didn’t wrap the poles in reflective foil, it might have let them outlast the flow….
Yeah Send out Olafur and his crew and get that pole repaired. Yeah I know it's hot tell them to be careful.
Time to reroute that power line .. for good!
The Lord is coming back ✝️👀