I discovered this on YT very early on and many times thought, “Well, that’s about it. Near the end.” And now, here we are 2 months later. Very amazing to look at the output still coming. Thank you Iceland - the gift that keeps giving!
I have been completely addicted to watching this since it started too. Mother Earth, simply amazing. Yes, thank you Iceland and the lovely people at the Grapevine too for the wonderful newscasts!
I know many people have said this before on this and other channels, there is no way the UK government would let us anywhere near an eruption, if one were to occur. All credit to the good sense of the Icelandic people. Thanks for the great coverage and commentary.
The sound coming from the volcano was awesome. Thank you Valur for risking your life to bring us the news. You do an awesome job. Hello from Queensland Australia 💖
I have to thank you, Valur, for your long walks to get this footage so often!! Thanks to you and your camera team as we appreciate the informative updates. You guys are epic...and probably much trimmer and fitter!!
@@MellenBerger shhhh..... don't hurt it's feelings....it has big aspirations! It hasn't had all the opportunities that privledged signs have, but in a time of sign diversity, it's time to shine has come!
@@annatheinnotz4901 I apologize to the sign and it´s family, and hope all the best for it in future signage endeavours, at least it is bilingual, always a good quality to have in the sign world.
Aloha from Hawaii. You asked about walls to deflect the lava here in Hawaii. For the most part they are unable to stop a vigorous flow. Several years ago an individual built a wall with a bulldozer in his back garden to save his house in Pahoa. The flow came right up to the wall a but then the eruption stopped and so did the flow. A couple of years later we had that massive event that destroyed hundreds of homes, nothing could stop that. Thanks for the footage, spectacular!
You are correct. I live in Hawaii as well. Iceland successfully diverted a lava flow using a lot of sea water back in the 70's I think. That was an amazing feat.
@@cb2000a yes and saved the port of the island vestmannaislands just outside of the mainland. Fun fact US armed forces loand the locals súpur heavy duty water pumps, thanks USA for that and being the superperpower that dragged old Iceland which was the poorest shithole in europe to one of the prosperus state with over and over again tops various charts for good happy safe living standards, í have ww2 to thank for me being born, USA even paved the route 1 around the country in exchange for á millitairybase on the island, so again thanks america for everything :) peace out, a random Icelander.
@@nonmihiseddeo4181 They tried a massive attempt at building walls in the 1960 rift zone eruption near Kapoho. Here is footage of that event and the futile efforts trying to build walls to protect the town, not to mention it has legal issues too as any wall built may divert lava onto someone else's property. ua-cam.com/video/2BsIm7iodIs/v-deo.html
I absolutely love the videos we have nothing like it in the UK. Been watching the volcano every day since it was being streamed. Amazing how much it's changed since the start
Me also I started watching the livestream before it erupted when they had the camera watching another valley where they thought it was going to erupt 😂
I can see the lava erupting from my window and I live in Sandgerði near the airport. Much different from when I lived in the UK. Can't wait to take my daughter and grandchildren to see it in July when they come to visit.
I ordered a canvas bag today, Love the fact I will be getting a rock of your volcanoes, it's going to be a special surprise for my son who has autism. We have been watching, liking and sharing your news over here. Love your broadcast. It's almost like we Are their with you, maybe sometime after July if covid restrictions change and travel is allowed for us to go see your wonderful part of the world.
I'm sorry Missie, but the lava rock is included only in the lava box - shop.grapevine.is/collections/volcano/products/the-new-lava-box-of-iceland Please contact us by email and we'll find a way to make you happy :)
I could just watch this for hours, days and months. As amazing now as when it first started. Thanks Valur (and the intrepid cameraman) for your continued great work and reporting.
Thank You Valur and Art. Great commentary and footage as always. The volcano seems to be growing in intensity and beauty. Wall is amazing. Great work by guys building it! Stay safe! 🙏
As a longtime former resident of the Big Island, Hawaii, I of course am fascinated by volcanoes and appreciative of Iceland's gorgeous volcanic displays. I've been saying that in Hawaii the volcanoes have been referred to as "drive-in volcanoes" so I am calling Iceland's "walk-up volcanoes". The Kilauea eruption in Hawaii went on for over 3 decades almost completely uninterrupted. Building new land and changing the landscape, while covering roads and homes, yet creating new land, and landmass shelves that at times broke off and fell into the ocean. I love love love the Reykjavik Grapevine's coverage. Awesomeness! Professional. Dependable. Still, I am concerned for my 'friends' in Iceland the longer the eruption goes on. Be safe☺
Valur, you are a warrior. Art, you are an artist with those amazing images! Thank you both for sharing this incredible beauty of Mother Earth. We are lucky to have you as witness of this events. I hope that the damage to your beautiful country’s infrastructure, cities and population will be as minimal as can be. I really wish we could come and see this amazing « once in a lifetime » event but it seems to be too soon with all the health restrictions. Take care!
Greetings Valur, greetings Art, from Wales UK,i always a joy to see your podcast, that was one heck of a firework there, any higher and i will be able to see it from the Brecon Beacons, stay safe ❤
Excellent work by Art and Valur. I was up the path a couple of hours earlier, passing by the excavator and dozer making incredibly quick work of moving a great deal of earth. I dropped a glove along the way, and figured it would be consumed by the eventual lava flow, but gladly, found it on a trek back. The massive growth of the lava field toward the valley since I was last at the site, Saturday was stunning, and sobering.
also. - having just been at the Westman islands for a few days, and seeing the 1973 "seawater rescue" of the harbor, I'm not sure any such effort would succeed today, here. As big as the Heimaey volcano was, this new eruption is something very different - we are only a couple of months in, yes?
That's right. Volcanologist don't believe that this will do anything else than slow the lava flow down. One have said that this was just a waste of time and money.
Thanks for this information and closed up of the lava construction wall. You are the only one that understands that we are very interested in it. The webcams doesn’t show it close enough! I heard somewhere that the goal of the wall is not only to stop the lava stream, delaying it would also be very helpful. Maybe it will take a few weeks longer before it is down in the valley and they can better prepare the infrastructure down there. Many thanks from the Netherlands.
Thank you very much for this informative video and also, I appreciate the fact your videos are in English despite it not being your first language. You do a very good job and I find it really interesting.
Another terrific video Valur and Art - amazing content and beautifully filmed. Fingers crossed this doesn't go out - I've got a week in Iceland at the beginning of September*. Come on Reykjanes you can keep going! * This means it will be pouring with rain in Iceland in September. On the other hand, if I'm out of the country, it will be the perfect time to take a holiday in the UK.
Hope they can divert the lava just enough to prevent from causing damage. So Amazing how much this volcano has changed, since March.. Art’s videos are spectacular.( Almost feels like I’m actually there watching the volcano.) Hope I can view it in person, in the near future. Thank You Valur. Stay Safe. From Arizona - We Love Polly. 🌋 😘🐶
aerial views show there is nowhere to divert that flow. it would have to stop and then back up, which is pretty unlikely. This 3D map helped me understand the situation ___ sketchfab.com/3d-models/fagradalsfjall-volcanic-eruption-18052021-73adeb1d4ed54eedb8ee8372836d965d
Cheers from Australia Valur and Art. Your broadcasts are my 'go-to' for all things Volcano, but for all the other amazing things I'm learning about Iceland and its people. Thank you!
Thank you Valur and Art for keeping us up to date on your amazing volcano. The machines you showed at the beginning are usually known as an "excavator" and a "back hoe" in America. Hope the dirt wall helps. Stay safe! from San Diego, CA USA
It never ceases to entertain me. I could watch it all day. I hope the lava is stopped from affecting infrastructures, build a big big wall or dig a big big valley. thanks for the info as always
I always look forward to your updates Valur. Keep up the great work of keeping all of us informed as to what is happening with this awesome spectacle. 👍
I travelled from France to see the volcano on Sunday afternoon and Monday night, actually my mind has not yet recovered from seeing this. If you're vaccinated and have some bucks, just GO and see it!
Yes, you need to quarantine, but if you have proof of vaccination, you only need to quarantine until the test they give you at the airport comes back negative (a few hours). If you're not vaccinated, you probably shouldn't be traveling anyway.
Did you fully vaccinated? Or you take the quarantine? I read online on Iceland tourism website, they welcome tourist from around the globe with 2 condition: - you must be in quarantine if not vaccinated - you can start your journey without quarantine if you fully vacinated in home country
Great report again fact not fiction, the sound was amazing thanks again. I hope to vist with my kid's this year, I will bring a bag of treats for Polly.
I rather doubt the "wall" will have any effect at all on lava movement. Wherever Lava wants, Lava gets. Roads may be inundated in lava, yes, that's part of living in a volcanic country. But losing Toast Lake, that would be a tragic development. I love the story of the lake, the reason it looks like it does, and how the Icelanders gave it such a perfect name. Thank you Mssrs. Grettisson and Bicnick. I still have an enduring fondness for Bob.
I'm a hardcore "Volcan" now ❤️🌋🖖🏻 Keep it up Valur and Art and Polly! Best regards from Sweden. P.S. I voted for Iceland in last years Eurovision Song Contest online event. Basicly Iceland won. Iceland also won in the swedish votings online. 😊🇸🇪❤️🇮🇸 I really hope Iceland has not gotten to sick from the polish team down in Rotterdam?! I hope they can preform tomorrow! ❤️
Brilliant video. The reporter (Valur himself?) is such a character too - so natural, relaxed and friendly. And so full of enthusiasm. He and the volcano both have star billing!
I love the way you say "We" about everything. It makes me think that Icelanders still have a strong sense of community. Unlike most of the rest of the "civilized" world
They have to be strong people to be able to survive in such a harsh environment, and be a happy and friendly bunch. All of those characteristics come thru in these videos.
You guys totally do the best volcano videos about this event. Grettisson narrative is very informational and his accent as a charm in it. Great camera work from Bicnick. I love the angles and even from previous videos that actually shows for watcher how huge the volcano actually is. My favorite in this video was sound capturing the eruption at 11:50. Can really feel the power of the eruption. Can't wait to see more!
It’s actually quite common. The lava flows along, and bits along the edge cool off and stick. Then another surge of lava makes more bits to stick on top of the older ones, raising the edges. Repeat a whole lot, and the edges keep building up. Every now and then the flow will surge over the edge or the wall will fail and send a flow off to the side, which cools and raises it some more... repeat, repeat, repeat. You end up with a channel perched way up high above the landscape.
@@RoxnDox Just be glad that the volcano is still small. It could (will) get really terrifying if it were a few dozen meters taller. As they get above a moderate height the lava goes down the cone sides fast enough to thin out and cool quicker, changing the process to shield building with some lava flows instead of lava flows with some building. It's that transition area where there is enough cone/shield to generate strong flows but the slopes are still too flat to thin out the flow that is really dangerous to the surrounding area.
Thank you for the update. I live in the south of France but for the past 2 month I feel a little icelandic myself thanks to all your amazing footages on many youtube channels. I hope the wall will hold !
They grow up so fast... I remember when it was just a little crack in the ground. And now look at it... A 200 foot tall lava version of "old faithful" .
Valur asked about building barriers to lava. This has been done several times on Etna in Sicily, but rather than trying to dam the flow, the earth banks and ditches have been used to divert lava away from towns and valuable crop land. They have been very successful when used, although at least one barrier was overtopped by an extremely large flow. Lava diversion was tried on Hawaii in the 1950s, but the barriers were poorly designed and all failed; it was considered in the 2018 Lower Puna eruption on Kilaeua which threatened and eventually destroyed a number of communities on the slopes of the volcano. An alternative was made in 1935 when aerial bombing was performed on a fast-moving lava flow from Mauna Loa that threatened the city of Hilo. 20 bombs were dropped in the hope that smashing lava tubes feeding the flow would stop the advance. Although the lava slowed after the bombing, it is likely this is due to a change in the volcano's eruption rate. One thing that is definitely different between Iceland and Hawaii - many Hawaiians object to any attempt to interfere with lava because there is still a widespread belief that the volcanoes are homes to the goddess Madame Pele. Diverting lava, or even taking lava from Hawaii is considered by some to be highly disrespectful, and people regularly send rocks back to the USGS saying they have had nothing but bad luck since they picked them up. I'm not sure if volcanoes are the homes of vengeful Icelandic gods - but if they are and Valur has been picking up stones and posting them all over the world - have we all been cursed by the Grapevine?
Thank you for the explanation, Mike. This is quite the eye-opener, also because volcanologist in Iceland say that this is an absolute waste of time and money. About the gods though. We have no superstition in connections with the volcanos but the gods are very vengeful, so I apologise on their behalf if bad luck will be the new pandemic.
@@TheReykjavikGrapevine well I’d never argue with a Viking Volcanologist. I wonder if the difference is that where diversion has been successful the aim was to put the lava on another course rather than stop it entirely. It looks from your video that the plan is to try and dam it up where there is a risk of the lava overtopping the earth bank. Good news on no Icelandic curses being sent around the world. You should really charge for the stones and say they make great holiday homes for the Huldufólk.
Interesting, how the lava has built its own elevated canal to flow in, instead of just spreading out. And how high it has piled up at the end of the valley. If it keeps going like that, no wall in the world will be able to hold it back.
Hi Pete, Lava channels are amazing things to watch - almost hypnotic! They form when the lava on the edge cools faster than the centre to form walls that channel the molten rock and insulate it from cooling. In some places the top of the lava will also harden whilst the interior remains molten that can deliver lava over tens or even hundreds of kilometres. If the supply is cut off and the lava continues to leave the far end of the flow it can produce a long cave called a lava tube. There is an amazing one called Viðgelmir about an hour from Borganes in Western Iceland - well worth a visit if you ever end up that way.
@@mikerichards6065 Well, I doubt I will make it to Iceland - I'm more the sunny beach with palm trees kind of guy... :) However, it is certainly a fascinating country. A place where the planets development is in the making, even if that making takes a bit long for one person to observe. Yes, I know about the lava tunnels, on Hawaii they have a lot of them. Some are really big, so that you can walk through them. Yes, this lava canal is also amazing, to see how much higher it is than the lava field around it. Kind of fuels the imagination on what would happen if the side wall would burst open... :)
@@petebeatminister The good news is that when these walls collapse - and they do; it's not too much of a problem (unless you're a journalist shooting a newscast right by the flow). Lava cools incredibly quickly, so it rapidly loses speed; and as it flows across the rubble of the walls it slows even further. Sometimes a breach in the wall will become the new direction of the flow and the older flow dwindles, but quite often the breach heals and the lava keeps flowing. Even close to the vent, lava often flows no more than 10kmh. Very hot, very primitive lava with little silica or gas can occasionally emerge at 30kmh - but quickly falls to less than walking pace. There was one occasion in West Africa where lava moved at 60kmh and even reports of people being engulfed - but Icelandic lava tends to be stickier and slower moving. If you like those hot beaches and palm trees, then you have to explore those Hawaiian lava tubes - for science you understand.
@@mikerichards6065 I guess it could be quiete spectacular if the wall breaches, if the lava is still hot and liquid at that point. A problem... not likely, since nobody with a little bit of brain will run around on the lava field now. The whole field is glowing red hot under a rather thin layer of cooled lava. If you break through that, it will get ugly. The speed of the flow depends on the type of lava, but also on the steepness of the flow. On "our" volcano it came out like a waterfall at times, surely faster than somebody can run. But again, who would go there in the first place? Yeah, later it moves more like slow motion, so nobody is really in danger to be hurt. But stuff that cannot be moved in time is most likely destoyed. Thats why they are happy that the volcano erupted where it did, in the middle of nowhere basically. But the fault line system is all over the peninsular, also right next Reykjavik. If a lava flow like this one happens over there, it would be a total disaster for the Icelanders. Lets hope that does not happen, and the lava keeps venting out here in the wastelands
@@petebeatminister The good news for anyone trying to sleep in Reykjavík is that although the city is built on Pleistocene lavas less than 100,000 years old, this lava mostly comes from the Krysuvík fissure swarm running NE-SW to the South of the city. Having said that, some of the city's endless suburbs probably now sprawl into the Krysuvík fissure and perhaps the one from Brennisteinsfjöll. I'd imagine that any eruption threatening Reykjavík could be dealt with using earth banks like those being built in Reykjanes right now. Banks have worked very well on Etna to divert lava away from towns and villages and Iceland isn't short of dirt and big bulldozers. Fortunately, the volcanism on Reykjanes is a different beast from that in the East of Iceland where the monster volcanoes live. There isn't much magma under the West of Iceland so eruptions tend to be small but long lived. And by long lived I mean I hope it can last until September so I can take a good look!
They need a BIG digger and a fleet of 2 big mining trucks, a fuel truck, a mobile trailer with water and a shitter, OR they WIIL loose the battle. This monster is growing, the lava flow is hotter, flowing faster, like water now!
Shout out to Art for his work and his excellent, smooth and beautiful camera work.
@poker jon Nice one.
I didn'tt know the cameraman's name. Thanks. He is amazing.
He deserves an award for his work throughout this whole thing. His filming is by far the best
Ye, first class video captures and editing🥇
I agree this is excellent and outstanding journalism. And I really appreciate every second of it!
This is the very best coverage on this volcano, especially if you can not go there in person. Thank you, Art.
You are very welcome, Linda. It's a pleasure to do something for you :)
Art is what makes these videos stay interesting. The constant camera vantage of scenery is appreciated by us with short attention spans
I think they make a great team
Valur and Art, the 'Valourous/Dauntless Duo'! The news team we all need around the world.
And every office needs a Polly!!
I discovered this on YT very early on and many times thought, “Well, that’s about it. Near the end.”
And now, here we are 2 months later. Very amazing to look at the output still coming. Thank you Iceland - the gift that keeps giving!
If this really is a shield volcano eruption it might be with us for years.
I have been completely addicted to watching this since it started too. Mother Earth, simply amazing. Yes, thank you Iceland and the lovely people at the Grapevine too for the wonderful newscasts!
I am absolutely OBSESSED. Thank you for doing this!
Thanks to Art for capturing another lava tornado! The opening and closing shots are fabulous!
did you mean this ua-cam.com/video/jCaXTibBMOQ/v-deo.html
I am amazed over and over again. I’ve been addicted to this since day 1!!!
The sound the volcano makes is simply incredible! Cheers from Belgium
I know many people have said this before on this and other channels, there is no way the UK government would let us anywhere near an eruption, if one were to occur. All credit to the good sense of the Icelandic people. Thanks for the great coverage and commentary.
I dunno.....if it was a regular enough thing the 'concern for public safety' (and the money) would soon dry up.
I was thinking how in the US we would be kept 2 miles away at a minimum.
Then there’s here in the US where they have to tell us not to take medications we’re allergic to, and warn us that hot coffee is, well, HOT!
@@dianeroberts3161 And that packets of nuts 'may contain nuts'
And petrol (gas) doesn't belong in plastic bags....
The sound coming from the volcano was awesome. Thank you Valur for risking your life to bring us the news. You do an awesome job. Hello from Queensland Australia 💖
Risking his life? C'mon, he's a half-baked journalist stammering out a report. Don't make it sound like the guy s are supermen. You must be a Liberal.
He is fortunately not risking his life. When the gas goes somewhat high the site is closed. But greetings to Queensland :)
I have to thank you, Valur, for your long walks to get this footage so often!! Thanks to you and your camera team as we appreciate the informative updates. You guys are epic...and probably much trimmer and fitter!!
I never get tired of watching your videos, thank you.
That “danger closed” sign is so cute.
@netwitch56 it's trying its best
Participation trophy 🏆 for little danger/closed sign!
the little sign that could........well tried
@@MellenBerger shhhh..... don't hurt it's feelings....it has big aspirations! It hasn't had all the opportunities that privledged signs have, but in a time of sign diversity, it's time to shine has come!
@@annatheinnotz4901 I apologize to the sign and it´s family, and hope all the best for it in future signage endeavours, at least it is bilingual, always a good quality to have in the sign world.
This is absolutely fantastic. Those shots at the end are just incredible
Aloha from Hawaii. You asked about walls to deflect the lava here in Hawaii. For the most part they are unable to stop a vigorous flow. Several years ago an individual built a wall with a bulldozer in his back garden to save his house in Pahoa. The flow came right up to the wall a but then the eruption stopped and so did the flow. A couple of years later we had that massive event that destroyed hundreds of homes, nothing could stop that. Thanks for the footage, spectacular!
You are correct. I live in Hawaii as well. Iceland successfully diverted a lava flow using a lot of sea water back in the 70's I think. That was an amazing feat.
@@cb2000a yes and saved the port of the island vestmannaislands just outside of the mainland. Fun fact US armed forces loand the locals súpur heavy duty water pumps, thanks USA for that and being the superperpower that dragged old Iceland which was the poorest shithole in europe to one of the prosperus state with over and over again tops various charts for good happy safe living standards, í have ww2 to thank for me being born, USA even paved the route 1 around the country in exchange for á millitairybase on the island, so again thanks america for everything :) peace out, a random Icelander.
Aloha, braddah! E mahalo!
@@cb2000a I'm in Mākaha, and I believe lava is an unstoppable force.
@@nonmihiseddeo4181 They tried a massive attempt at building walls in the 1960 rift zone eruption near Kapoho. Here is footage of that event and the futile efforts trying to build walls to protect the town, not to mention it has legal issues too as any wall built may divert lava onto someone else's property. ua-cam.com/video/2BsIm7iodIs/v-deo.html
This still by far the best chanel big thanks from uk 🇬🇧
Here i am 00.27 sitting in my front roomin London watching this on my laptop, the wonder of technology truely amazing.
Ur an awesome dude to watch. Much luv n respect from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Thanks for the support, Ryan!
I absolutely love the videos we have nothing like it in the UK. Been watching the volcano every day since it was being streamed. Amazing how much it's changed since the start
And me!!
Me three!
Me Four!
Me also I started watching the livestream before it erupted when they had the camera watching another valley where they thought it was going to erupt 😂
I can see the lava erupting from my window and I live in Sandgerði near the airport. Much different from when I lived in the UK. Can't wait to take my daughter and grandchildren to see it in July when they come to visit.
I ordered a canvas bag today, Love the fact I will be getting a rock of your volcanoes, it's going to be a special surprise for my son who has autism. We have been watching, liking and sharing your news over here. Love your broadcast. It's almost like we Are their with you, maybe sometime after July if covid restrictions change and travel is allowed for us to go see your wonderful part of the world.
I'm sorry Missie, but the lava rock is included only in the lava box - shop.grapevine.is/collections/volcano/products/the-new-lava-box-of-iceland
Please contact us by email and we'll find a way to make you happy :)
You are an awesome reporter.Hello from Rome, Georgia
Amazing after the eruption all that roaring and banging inside. Havent heard that before. Thanks for another excellent video.
I could just watch this for hours, days and months. As amazing now as when it first started. Thanks Valur (and the intrepid cameraman) for your continued great work and reporting.
This does NOT get old to watch. Incredible to watch. I'll be amazed if they succeed in getting that flow to stop with that earthen dam....
Best volcano viewing ever thanku
Great dedication to showing this incredible, beautiful and scary planet building volcano. Thank you!!!
The final blast colors and hill shots are so fantastic! TY videographer!
Thank You Valur and Art. Great commentary and footage as always. The volcano seems to be growing in intensity and beauty. Wall is amazing. Great work by guys building it! Stay safe! 🙏
Thank you for your coverage, absolutely stunning. Cheers from Victoria Australia 🇦🇺.
Another interesting beautiful adventure, thanks Valur :D
As a longtime former resident of the Big Island, Hawaii, I of course am fascinated by volcanoes and appreciative of Iceland's gorgeous volcanic displays. I've been saying that in Hawaii the volcanoes have been referred to as "drive-in volcanoes" so I am calling Iceland's "walk-up volcanoes". The Kilauea eruption in Hawaii went on for over 3 decades almost completely uninterrupted. Building new land and changing the landscape, while covering roads and homes, yet creating new land, and landmass shelves that at times broke off and fell into the ocean. I love love love the Reykjavik Grapevine's coverage. Awesomeness! Professional. Dependable. Still, I am concerned for my 'friends' in Iceland the longer the eruption goes on. Be safe☺
Great newscast as usual. Look forward to the next one. Thanks Valur and Art
Valur, you are a warrior. Art, you are an artist with those amazing images! Thank you both for sharing this incredible beauty of Mother Earth. We are lucky to have you as witness of this events. I hope that the damage to your beautiful country’s infrastructure, cities and population will be as minimal as can be. I really wish we could come and see this amazing « once in a lifetime » event but it seems to be too soon with all the health restrictions. Take care!
Greetings Valur, greetings Art, from Wales UK,i always a joy to see your podcast, that was one heck of a firework there, any higher and i will be able to see it from the Brecon Beacons, stay safe ❤
More fantastic content! Thank you so much for your continuing coverage!
Excellent work by Art and Valur. I was up the path a couple of hours earlier, passing by the excavator and dozer making incredibly quick work of moving a great deal of earth. I dropped a glove along the way, and figured it would be consumed by the eventual lava flow, but gladly, found it on a trek back. The massive growth of the lava field toward the valley since I was last at the site, Saturday was stunning, and sobering.
also. - having just been at the Westman islands for a few days, and seeing the 1973 "seawater rescue" of the harbor, I'm not sure any such effort would succeed today, here. As big as the Heimaey volcano was, this new eruption is something very different - we are only a couple of months in, yes?
That's right. Volcanologist don't believe that this will do anything else than slow the lava flow down. One have said that this was just a waste of time and money.
Thank you Valur for an awesome newscast. I would love to be there and see it in person!! Awesome camera work.
The reporting and camera work are beautiful, just beautiful, thank you!
so great! Thank you! First time I could hear the sound of the volcano clearly!
Thanks for this information and closed up of the lava construction wall. You are the only one that understands that we are very interested in it. The webcams doesn’t show it close enough!
I heard somewhere that the goal of the wall is not only to stop the lava stream, delaying it would also be very helpful. Maybe it will take a few weeks longer before it is down in the valley and they can better prepare the infrastructure down there.
Many thanks from the Netherlands.
I haven't been following for a few weeks as I've sick, so I got a massive shock when I saw the size of it. It's breathtaking.
Thank you very much for this informative video and also, I appreciate the fact your videos are in English despite it not being your first language. You do a very good job and I find it really interesting.
That's the first video where I actually heard the real sound of an eruption. WOW!
Wow !!! è sempre puro spettacolo , grazie per la condivisione !! 👍👏👏👏
I cooked noodles on volcano lava welcome to see 👀
I want to see some fine ribeye steaks with onions cooked there.
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Great Footage Thank's For sharing God Bless
Another terrific video Valur and Art - amazing content and beautifully filmed.
Fingers crossed this doesn't go out - I've got a week in Iceland at the beginning of September*. Come on Reykjanes you can keep going!
* This means it will be pouring with rain in Iceland in September. On the other hand, if I'm out of the country, it will be the perfect time to take a holiday in the UK.
Hope they can divert the lava just enough to prevent from causing damage. So Amazing how much this volcano has changed, since March.. Art’s videos are spectacular.( Almost feels like I’m actually there watching the volcano.) Hope I can view it in person, in the near future.
Thank You Valur. Stay Safe. From Arizona - We Love Polly. 🌋 😘🐶
aerial views show there is nowhere to divert that flow. it would have to stop and then back up, which is pretty unlikely. This 3D map helped me understand the situation ___ sketchfab.com/3d-models/fagradalsfjall-volcanic-eruption-18052021-73adeb1d4ed54eedb8ee8372836d965d
Cheers from Australia Valur and Art. Your broadcasts are my 'go-to' for all things Volcano, but for all the other amazing things I'm learning about Iceland and its people. Thank you!
Thank you Valur and Art for keeping us up to date on your amazing volcano. The machines you showed at the beginning are usually known as an "excavator" and a "back hoe" in America. Hope the dirt wall helps. Stay safe! from San Diego, CA USA
This production is excellent on all levels... Thank you.
Just to say politely that Nature will always Win it's just the Way Nature is..stay safe....
It never ceases to entertain me. I could watch it all day.
I hope the lava is stopped from affecting infrastructures, build a big big wall or dig a big big valley.
thanks for the info as always
I always look forward to your updates Valur. Keep up the great work of keeping all of us informed as to what is happening with this awesome spectacle. 👍
Excellent reprots. Look forward to seeing you everyday at dinner time here.
Fabulous video of this volcano. Thank you for sharing it.
I travelled from France to see the volcano on Sunday afternoon and Monday night, actually my mind has not yet recovered from seeing this. If you're vaccinated and have some bucks, just GO and see it!
....and if you're prepared to quarantine on arrival and when you get back to your home country.
I’m very jealous of you. I’m vaccinated but on half salary. So no travel for a long time.
Did you have to quarantine on arrival? I'll be coming from France in about a month from now, and the quarantine information isn't very clear..
Yes, you need to quarantine, but if you have proof of vaccination, you only need to quarantine until the test they give you at the airport comes back negative (a few hours). If you're not vaccinated, you probably shouldn't be traveling anyway.
Did you fully vaccinated? Or you take the quarantine?
I read online on Iceland tourism website, they welcome tourist from around the globe with 2 condition:
- you must be in quarantine if not vaccinated
- you can start your journey without quarantine if you fully vacinated in home country
This was very interesting. Thank you very much.
Great report again fact not fiction, the sound was amazing thanks again. I hope to vist
with my kid's this year, I will bring a bag of treats for Polly.
Thank you for this video love your reports, and watching you from Washington State in the USA. God Bless all, stay safe!
I rather doubt the "wall" will have any effect at all on lava movement. Wherever Lava wants, Lava gets. Roads may be inundated in lava, yes, that's part of living in a volcanic country. But losing Toast Lake, that would be a tragic development. I love the story of the lake, the reason it looks like it does, and how the Icelanders gave it such a perfect name.
Thank you Mssrs. Grettisson and Bicnick. I still have an enduring fondness for Bob.
I'm a hardcore "Volcan" now ❤️🌋🖖🏻
Keep it up Valur and Art and Polly!
Best regards from Sweden. P.S. I voted for Iceland in last years Eurovision Song Contest online event. Basicly Iceland won. Iceland also won in the swedish votings online. 😊🇸🇪❤️🇮🇸 I really hope Iceland has not gotten to sick from the polish team down in Rotterdam?! I hope they can preform tomorrow! ❤️
Will be hiking there on Saturday. ❤🔥🌋
Brilliant video. The reporter (Valur himself?) is such a character too - so natural, relaxed and friendly. And so full of enthusiasm. He and the volcano both have star billing!
Appreciate the compliment. Thanks Jeannette!
I love the way you say "We" about everything.
It makes me think that Icelanders still have a strong sense of community. Unlike most of the rest of the "civilized" world
"Civilized" being the operative word. These folks are doing a phenomenal job bringing this to us.
They have to be strong people to be able to survive in such a harsh environment, and be a happy and friendly bunch. All of those characteristics come thru in these videos.
Nice job covering this volcano 🌋
It’s aftermath is pretty devastating! Take care and be safe out there.
1:36 ""They are trying to stop this here"" then big sincere laugh.
The most accurate moment of the video :)
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You guys totally do the best volcano videos about this event. Grettisson narrative is very informational and his accent as a charm in it. Great camera work from Bicnick. I love the angles and even from previous videos that actually shows for watcher how huge the volcano actually is.
My favorite in this video was sound capturing the eruption at 11:50. Can really feel the power of the eruption.
Can't wait to see more!
All we need now is an aromatherapy app, so we can smell the gases! Eh!
That lava aqueduct is just amazing!
Maybe the word should be lavaduct.
@@Rwanda223 Inspired!
The last couple of minutes of this are breathtaking. Full marks to the camera and sound man.
It's interesting how the lava river is creating it's own kind of aqueduct high above the surrounding landscape.
@Dayanto ...lithoduct?
It’s actually quite common. The lava flows along, and bits along the edge cool off and stick. Then another surge of lava makes more bits to stick on top of the older ones, raising the edges. Repeat a whole lot, and the edges keep building up. Every now and then the flow will surge over the edge or the wall will fail and send a flow off to the side, which cools and raises it some more... repeat, repeat, repeat. You end up with a channel perched way up high above the landscape.
@@RoxnDox Just be glad that the volcano is still small. It could (will) get really terrifying if it were a few dozen meters taller. As they get above a moderate height the lava goes down the cone sides fast enough to thin out and cool quicker, changing the process to shield building with some lava flows instead of lava flows with some building. It's that transition area where there is enough cone/shield to generate strong flows but the slopes are still too flat to thin out the flow that is really dangerous to the surrounding area.
@@timberwolf1575 yes indeed. We may get to see the process in action over the next few years.
Thank you for the update.
I live in the south of France but for the past 2 month I feel a little icelandic myself thanks to all your amazing footages on many youtube channels.
I hope the wall will hold !
They grow up so fast... I remember when it was just a little crack in the ground. And now look at it... A 200 foot tall lava version of "old faithful" .
How long back it was just a crack?
@@sanjayshorey4225
March 19
great work, thank you
Best photography I have seen of the volcano, particularly the opening scene!
Valur asked about building barriers to lava.
This has been done several times on Etna in Sicily, but rather than trying to dam the flow, the earth banks and ditches have been used to divert lava away from towns and valuable crop land. They have been very successful when used, although at least one barrier was overtopped by an extremely large flow.
Lava diversion was tried on Hawaii in the 1950s, but the barriers were poorly designed and all failed; it was considered in the 2018 Lower Puna eruption on Kilaeua which threatened and eventually destroyed a number of communities on the slopes of the volcano.
An alternative was made in 1935 when aerial bombing was performed on a fast-moving lava flow from Mauna Loa that threatened the city of Hilo. 20 bombs were dropped in the hope that smashing lava tubes feeding the flow would stop the advance. Although the lava slowed after the bombing, it is likely this is due to a change in the volcano's eruption rate.
One thing that is definitely different between Iceland and Hawaii - many Hawaiians object to any attempt to interfere with lava because there is still a widespread belief that the volcanoes are homes to the goddess Madame Pele. Diverting lava, or even taking lava from Hawaii is considered by some to be highly disrespectful, and people regularly send rocks back to the USGS saying they have had nothing but bad luck since they picked them up.
I'm not sure if volcanoes are the homes of vengeful Icelandic gods - but if they are and Valur has been picking up stones and posting them all over the world - have we all been cursed by the Grapevine?
Thanks for the explanation of ways that have been tried to stop lava flows.
Thank you for the explanation, Mike. This is quite the eye-opener, also because volcanologist in Iceland say that this is an absolute waste of time and money. About the gods though. We have no superstition in connections with the volcanos but the gods are very vengeful, so I apologise on their behalf if bad luck will be the new pandemic.
@@TheReykjavikGrapevine well I’d never argue with a Viking Volcanologist. I wonder if the difference is that where diversion has been successful the aim was to put the lava on another course rather than stop it entirely. It looks from your video that the plan is to try and dam it up where there is a risk of the lava overtopping the earth bank.
Good news on no Icelandic curses being sent around the world. You should really charge for the stones and say they make great holiday homes for the Huldufólk.
Interesting, how the lava has built its own elevated canal to flow in, instead of just spreading out. And how high it has piled up at the end of the valley. If it keeps going like that, no wall in the world will be able to hold it back.
Hi Pete, Lava channels are amazing things to watch - almost hypnotic! They form when the lava on the edge cools faster than the centre to form walls that channel the molten rock and insulate it from cooling. In some places the top of the lava will also harden whilst the interior remains molten that can deliver lava over tens or even hundreds of kilometres. If the supply is cut off and the lava continues to leave the far end of the flow it can produce a long cave called a lava tube. There is an amazing one called Viðgelmir about an hour from Borganes in Western Iceland - well worth a visit if you ever end up that way.
@@mikerichards6065 Well, I doubt I will make it to Iceland - I'm more the sunny beach with palm trees kind of guy... :)
However, it is certainly a fascinating country. A place where the planets development is in the making, even if that making takes a bit long for one person to observe.
Yes, I know about the lava tunnels, on Hawaii they have a lot of them. Some are really big, so that you can walk through them.
Yes, this lava canal is also amazing, to see how much higher it is than the lava field around it. Kind of fuels the imagination on what would happen if the side wall would burst open... :)
@@petebeatminister The good news is that when these walls collapse - and they do; it's not too much of a problem (unless you're a journalist shooting a newscast right by the flow).
Lava cools incredibly quickly, so it rapidly loses speed; and as it flows across the rubble of the walls it slows even further. Sometimes a breach in the wall will become the new direction of the flow and the older flow dwindles, but quite often the breach heals and the lava keeps flowing.
Even close to the vent, lava often flows no more than 10kmh. Very hot, very primitive lava with little silica or gas can occasionally emerge at 30kmh - but quickly falls to less than walking pace. There was one occasion in West Africa where lava moved at 60kmh and even reports of people being engulfed - but Icelandic lava tends to be stickier and slower moving.
If you like those hot beaches and palm trees, then you have to explore those Hawaiian lava tubes - for science you understand.
@@mikerichards6065 I guess it could be quiete spectacular if the wall breaches, if the lava is still hot and liquid at that point. A problem... not likely, since nobody with a little bit of brain will run around on the lava field now. The whole field is glowing red hot under a rather thin layer of cooled lava. If you break through that, it will get ugly.
The speed of the flow depends on the type of lava, but also on the steepness of the flow. On "our" volcano it came out like a waterfall at times, surely faster than somebody can run. But again, who would go there in the first place?
Yeah, later it moves more like slow motion, so nobody is really in danger to be hurt. But stuff that cannot be moved in time is most likely destoyed. Thats why they are happy that the volcano erupted where it did, in the middle of nowhere basically. But the fault line system is all over the peninsular, also right next Reykjavik. If a lava flow like this one happens over there, it would be a total disaster for the Icelanders. Lets hope that does not happen, and the lava keeps venting out here in the wastelands
@@petebeatminister The good news for anyone trying to sleep in Reykjavík is that although the city is built on Pleistocene lavas less than 100,000 years old, this lava mostly comes from the Krysuvík fissure swarm running NE-SW to the South of the city. Having said that, some of the city's endless suburbs probably now sprawl into the Krysuvík fissure and perhaps the one from Brennisteinsfjöll.
I'd imagine that any eruption threatening Reykjavík could be dealt with using earth banks like those being built in Reykjanes right now. Banks have worked very well on Etna to divert lava away from towns and villages and Iceland isn't short of dirt and big bulldozers.
Fortunately, the volcanism on Reykjanes is a different beast from that in the East of Iceland where the monster volcanoes live. There isn't much magma under the West of Iceland so eruptions tend to be small but long lived.
And by long lived I mean I hope it can last until September so I can take a good look!
Thank you for sharing. Unbelievable how something so bad can be so beautiful.
I knew a woman like that!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
Incredible thing to see. The Power of this is phenomenal! Oh to be in Reykjavik right now!
Once more such an interesting video of the volcano. I wish traveling would be easier, Iceland is one of just a few countries on my bucket list 😊
the sound is amazing i bet its even better in person
Love your work. So dramático y different every time you go. Amazing and beautiful. Thank you
Witnessing the evolution first hand
man that would be absolutely amazing to sit and watch in person!
Been watching it from Maine, United States , for weeks.. Great footage , wish I could see and hear it live.
Thank you so much for bringing this to us! Awesome footage, it's great to see it this close.
thanks for all your reporting, we visited your beautiful island 2 years ago and this is just amazing, the power of mother nature is awesome !!
That would be an excavator and a bull dozer. Wonderful coverage. I watch every video!
They need a BIG digger and a fleet of 2 big mining trucks, a fuel truck, a mobile trailer with water and a shitter, OR they WIIL loose the battle. This monster is growing, the lava flow is hotter, flowing faster, like water now!
Nice tour of the dam construction and eruption site, thanks for the english language coverage!
Respect for the camera person :)
Must be quite difficult to really follow like this
He uses a drone
@@gracejohnston2692 description says cameraman
Ive seen his other vids n HES USED A DRONE!
@@gracejohnston2692 Okay Grace. Stay Safe.
The volcano has come a long way since mini me-awesome video as always
Best Volcano Ever! I love your coverage. Thank you!
Hello from Belize Central America
Keep the updates coming. 😀😎
Valur has good advice for ghosts and the undead. "If you're not in a physical form, just, like, use your willpower to get there."
He means not in good physical shape. Ghosts aren't real. Yeah I know you are joking but it's not as clever as you might think.
LMAO !!!!!!!!!
Great job Valur and Art, wish I was there )
Your voice is soooo soothing! & such a Beautiful way of explaining the situation.
Probably the comfiest channel on UA-cam. Subscribed.
Thank you, Valur. Always excellent reports and updates. --- Doug, USA
Great videos! Super interesting, thank you for filming it. Just incredible. Hi from Seattle Washington 🙋♀️👏