BREAKING: New Fissure Opens North Of Geldingadalur, Area Evacuated

[Warpy]

The fissure is at least 100 metres long, and is spraying lava into the air. This new fissure is as well far from populated areas and infrastructure, but no chances are being taken. As such, the eruption site is closed for the time being.

“We can never know ahead of time how this volcano will behave,” volcanologist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson told RÚV. “There is a certain amount of pressure, and there doesn’t seem to be a lot of material coming to the surface, but it could lead to an increased eruption. But we see no signs that it’s decreasing. This event is not at all over.”

https://grapevine.is/news/2021/04/05/breaking-new-fissure-opens-north-of-geldingadalur-area-evacuated/

This one has spooked the authorities because it opened up without a lot of the drama that preceded the first eruption.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Live stream of new fissure here:

[AllaN01Bear]

2. just have to play the theme of one of my fav b movies , crack in the world

[Random Boomer]

3. Love it! Thanks for the laugh this morning. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

5. Wow! Run away, run away!

[yellowdogintexas]

4. I am completely obsessed with this volcano

My husband is a geologist and he has great fun explaining all sorts of arcane facts about vulcanology to me. Right now I have a livestream on You Tube with 4 different views of the site, including the same view posted upthread.

[Warpy]

6. I'm a little less obsessed

I live in a rift valley with a long volcanic history. Because the crust is slowly splitting apart (much slower than Iceland), occasionally fissures will open up. The last time that happened was about 3000 years ago, yesterday evening in geologic terms.

One lava tube from that eruption has been measured out 29 miles.

If history is anything to go by, this one will likely go in fits and starts for decades, if not centuries.