eddie Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 In keeping with the current mood which is depressing everyone following the unmitigated disaster of Saturday's performance and result, coupled with the utter magnificence of Physco and Fridgy's Florists as they storm the league and begin their unstoppable Quest For A Third Star, I should like to take this opportunity to inform people that a little-known volcano in Iceland, B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I'd lava die than see a third star on a red shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 It will probably coincide with a 30yd screamer going in the top corner and a whole new meaning of "The stadium erupts" will be born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 If, it does erupt, the forest will turn to ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Well, the dogs did think that they were signing Wilfried Lahar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Ten days in, the earthquake swarm continues unabated, with several M5+ earthquakes in the Bardarbunga crater. The Icelandic Met Office tonight announced that they think that an eruption has already started under the ice, because they are seeing 'ice cauldrons' (basically depressions of 10-20 metres in depth), probably caused by the ice underneath melting. The fissure swarm is now around 40 km in length, and is filled, they think, with about 300 million cubic metres of magma. Watch this space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Why does reading about this sound awesome??? Ice cauldrons!!! 300Mill of magma!!! The Bardabunga Crater!!! Soooo many band names from that post eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 The eruption HAS started in the wee small hours - fissure eruption (as predicted) outside the glacier, nice and visible. Not hugely spectacular - in fact, not really spectacular at all, but nobody knows how it's going to develop. As to where to read about it - http://volcanocafe.wordpress.com - lurk or join in. I'm 'eddiethebrewer' on there and, naturally, Derby County get the odd mention (Icelanders like sheepies too). With the hurricane also heading for Iceland, of course the big concern is whether there will be a hurricuption with magma-spitting sharks in a future SciFi Channel movie. It's a site for real volcanophiles and 'amateur' scientists, but there are some pretty cool and incredibly knowledgeable people there (geologists etc). One rule - DO NOT LINK to any pages from vedur or en.vedur websites - they are the IMO (Iceland Met Office) sites, and as such are referenced by the emergency services. There's a YouTube live stream that someone's put together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 ****! I have couple flights next week! Come on Bardarbunga, calm down dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Fissure eruption now over 1 km in length - kicked off properly last night. Unfortunately the post-tropical storm Cristobal has now reached Iceland so the webcams are picking up nothing but dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Saw the thread title and thought Rammyboy had eaten another Korma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 New dashboard of things and interesting stuff. Got some nice lava fountains now. The webcam's bouncing al over the place because of high winds (ex-hurricane Cristobal has just made landfall) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 It's VERY spectacular now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The fissure is now over 2 Km long, and the lava fountains are up to 100 m in height. "http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy101/luckyeddie_photo/53212_zpsc44c663a" alt="53212_zpsc44c663a"> Some more awesome photos here: http://www.mbl.is/frettir/english/2014/09/04/photos_and_videos_from_the_holuhraun_eruption/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Just heard earlier today about a solar storm which we just missed in July 2012, which would have sent us back to the 18th century in technology terms. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm/ It missed us by a week, which is tiny in cosmic terms. Basically it happened a week after the Earth's orbit took us to the area of space where it happened and it would have wiped out all electrical equipment and even things like running water (which rely on electrical pumps from the water companies). Scary stuff. Presumably even those watching the sun would only have 8 minutes notice of our imminent demise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 "http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy101/luckyeddie_photo/3f60301a-65e3-4560-b15c-79177d2feef9_zpsae2475f2" alt="3f60301a-65e3-4560-b15c-79177d2feef9_zps"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 "http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy101/luckyeddie_photo/ceaab25a-1025-4d2c-b65e-1746856bf7c0_zpsd18033c9" alt="ceaab25a-1025-4d2c-b65e-1746856bf7c0_zps"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 You watch! The jocks will get independence then the world ends. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Believe it or not, that image above is 'just' a screenshot from a webcam, completely unenhanced. Just cropped to remove tabs indicating the site I was surfing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Just on the subject of volcanoes, very cool video of the sonic boom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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