Thank you for these reports, you must spend many hours getting everything together. Viewers all over the world have a clearer picture of the geography, history and challenges facing the area because of people like you.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, yes it's very time consuming :) but it's also the best possible practice I could get so while we are both having fun while I practice, I'm glad :)

Excellent video. Loved the different maps, so we can see where things are in comparison to the volcano. It really helped me visualize everything a lot better! Thank you! Great job!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it :)

Thanks for your update. All the best for your country in the future. Been there two times and loved it.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃 and welcome back :)

Very informative - packed with detail and/or enticement to watch your Grindavík 3-parter - lovely photography. Thank you!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much :)

Thanks for the detailed update. I had been searching for imagery showing how close the flow was to the road. Yours is the first. I am really enjoying your content.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Always welcome, more to come soon :)

Thanks. I've seen so many volcano videos, but not much about the science and the planning. This helps satisfy my curiosity. Best wishes for your country.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :)

Warm regards and thank you, Iceland is beautiful. So this Mother Nature Story could go on for 300 years wow….amazing, May I thank you again for your hard work and I’ve been following you since 19March and look forward to the plans to be safe for all and not to much disruption. Best regards, Penna USA stay safe.🙏🇺🇸❤️

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again :) more to come very soon :)

Thank you 😊. You have provided very helpful information. Much love to you and your country ❤. Brenda.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Brenda and welcome :)

Another grateful subscriber: Outstanding video presentation, consistently! Quite a ‘portfolio’ to build. Wish you continued success.🕊

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Than you so much and welcome :)

"an experiment to show how lava can burn tax payers' money on record breaking time" 😂 you are hilirious

@johnzuijdveld9585

3 жыл бұрын

The 'best' jokes are delivered with a straight face and a 'matter of fact' tone. 🤣 🤣 🤣 😂

@forthedisenfranchised4366

3 жыл бұрын

We have Westminster instead, and there is no Volcano in Iceland that can burn our money like our Government.

@harrynac6017

3 жыл бұрын

@@forthedisenfranchised4366 London's burning

@Mp57navy

3 жыл бұрын

At least I don't pay taxes for his uneducated fearmongering opinion.

U are a superb reporter! God Dag from the Valhalla Mtns, BC, Canada. Eric Smedbol.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and welcome :)

Fantastic explanation! Answered all my questions straight up.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome :)

Always look forward to your updates. Curious, if anyone has looked at any recent heat maps, since lava was detected not too far under Natthagi and that was the original place everyone was watching. The fissure could still move, as it has over the last couple of months.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it could still move but I have the feeling the they expect it to move north rather than back under Nátthagi Valley, judging from earthquake activity..but then....since we are here, anything could happen...

@daveharden5929

2 жыл бұрын

I deeply appreciate the production efforts involved with your videos and have been enjoying them immensely as of recent eventsof the past yearor so. It shows you're deeply dedicated and that you truly love your work and Iceland as well... i don't often have time for a comment, but I felt you deserved a thank you..... eventhough it comes from some stranger who, like you loves everything volcanic, but unlike you can hardly pronounce anything Icelandic. So, in speaking of which, namely your difficult yet charming accent, please be sure "CC" is available. For some reason "cc" wasn't available for this particular video. Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you for the update. There are certainly many factors to consider. You folks have your work cut out for you. Wishing you the best of luck.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated and thanks for stopping by :)

I like your style - discussing not just the volcanic activity itself, but giving us the bigger picture and getting a feel about the impact of the current events and history.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and welcome :)

Excellent as always. Happy summer.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Love the deadpan humour! :D

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome :)

Many thanks, we really enjoy watching your videos which are most interesting and brilliantly filmed!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks and welcome :)

Thank you! That was great!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and welcome :)

The time-lapse view of the seismic activity was very interesting. Really makes sense that Geldingadalir will likely not be the only volcano to erupt in that area in your near future.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Most likely it's just a preview of what is to come...

Thank you, great update.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Excellent video! I'm looking forward to part 3.🌋

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will try to get it online tonight :)

This is the best explanation what impact the lava flow would happen if it continues to reach out to the sea. I have heard reports about it but not as much in detail that you have done here. Superb job.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :) more to come soon....

Love way you do your videos, can understand so much more then by watching drones,take care there.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thank you! Great video explaining it all. I'll go watch your Grindavik videos now. Thank you for the visuals!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

✌️

Thank you for all information !👍🌋

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Thank you for a very interesting video. An amazing place. Brave people to live in a part of Iceland so close to volcanoes. A spectacular new eruption. I have been watching with great interest. Best regards to you from South Africa 🇿🇦

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and greetings to South Africa :)

I was stationed in Keflavik with USN mid 70's. Wonderful place to trek but difficult to get off base passes then, especially overnight. So our lava trek adventures/travels were limited. We all understood the justification.

@jima28080

3 жыл бұрын

I was there from 70 - 72 with the USAF working at the Rockville radar station. I was free to travel whenever I was off duty. Loved it! I have hiked around what is now the volcano site. What happened to restrict your travel?

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

There are no restriction there now, only temporary when the gas levels are too high by the volcano :)

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for re-visiting Iceland trough my channel and welcome :)

You make the best videos on this subject! Thank you for all the effort you put into them. I just realized that I was not subscribed, but I am now! Cheers!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard and thank you :)

Brilliant, yet again! You really are a pro at this job, thank you! Right from the start of the eruption I was thinking, ' why don't they lay a matrix of steel pipes ready for the lava to flow over, connect to a water supply and have mobile steam generators positioned to feed the grid', has anything been discussed similar?

Very helpful to have this overview. I've learned a lot while following the situation. Wishing you and your community well, from California.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

Welcome back and thanks again for a brilliant video and useful information

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again and always welcome :)

Of all the videos in the current eruptions, yours are definitely my favourites for the information. Thank you.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much :) more to come soon :)

Your reviews are so great and thanks for including so many great local views!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Wonderful - at last some really good television about the situation. Thank you. Good & professional information!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, appreciated :)

Thank you for the update

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome :)

Thank u so much for the update. Be back there soon 😊

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

I will!

I look forward to your videos. Your research is so well done and your presentation is fantastic. Thank you so much for presenting this info in a manner that is easy to follow, as you support your data with maps and videos of the area concerned.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :) just got back with a fresh set of photos to be online tomorrow :)

it sounds like plans are in motion which is great to hear. Thanks again for the update and info . Great as always. Cheers

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

They are :) and thanks for visiting :)

Thank you. As always, you are the best 😻👋🇮🇹

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Great footage, maps and commentary, as always! Thank You for sharing. Timelapse of siesmic activity in the area is excellent but worrying. Hope that the South Road, Cables, Infrastructure and Grindavík remain safe. Stay safe. 🙏

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thank you for your wonderful update. Love all the photos. Great comparisons

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you so much for the update about the volcano in iceland😊 Very good content in your videos😎

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

😎 thank you very much :)

Halloo greetings from Australia....once again an entertaining and informative presentation tàkk!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

Thanks for your update

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

another fantastic video with good explanation....keep up the good work, and best wishes for a good and safe summer...

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Nice footage & commentary. Stay safe and best wishes from Australia.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

Excellent video, thank you.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting :)

Very well done and informative! Thank you!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

From U.S.A, Denton, Texas -- Thank you for a wonderful presentation and explanation. I am fully subscribed and look forward to your future insights. Thanks for kindness

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so very much and enjoy :)

I agree, barriers just postpone the inevitable. Making an ditch (small valley) to divert the lava under the road and to the sea. Then the engineers may select the best route.. just a thought....

@morgancalvi6675

3 жыл бұрын

Your thought is wiser than the people who made a wall...that was just silly. An irrigation valley makes way more sense.

@williammeek4078

3 жыл бұрын

@@morgancalvi6675 in defense of the engineers, when the wall was planned, the lava output was lower and the wall should have bought more time.

@Unusualalex

3 жыл бұрын

Make a "small valley" under the road? Do you know how difficult that would be? The road is by the sea, so there won't be enough height for a ditch of adequate size, esp considering the road still needs to support itself. Also, lava layers onto itself as it keeps flowing. It'll eventually reach the height of the road anyways.

@morgancalvi6675

3 жыл бұрын

@@williammeek4078 was I even speaking to you? No, I was speaking to the person making the video. Perhaps I should have addressed him by name. Barriers just postpone the inevitable as mr2i said. Please go away.

@morgancalvi6675

3 жыл бұрын

@@Unusualalex he probably meant to make a small valley to the sea. If there is a hot spot near by (which is how Iceland formed), that volcano lava, coupled with the lava formations from the hot spot under the sea would make for a larger country. That makes complete sense. Your explanation is only accounting for lava pooling off the land and into the water...easy mistake to make. Hot spots are volcanos under the water which build up and build up, Hawaii is getting a new island because of this.

I love your videos and you sense of humor :)

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

Thank you for sharing....

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Thank you…love your information

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

So nice of you and welcome :)

Greetings from Ireland. ☺ I've been following you for a few months now; pre-current eruption times, and your content is fantastic, thank you. I too have been thinking that perhaps it will be better in the long term to engineer a southern path to the ocean rather than building walls and just filling up valleys to hold back the inevitable. Thanks so much again for all your educational content, enhanced by the Icelandic humour of course!! 😂

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Might be too expensive as the other main road, north of the peninsula, with 4 lanes is not even fully ready after over 10 years of constructions and this this is not even a part of the ring-road...we are only 350.000 after all :) but it's however my plan to do my next video from the lava stream crawling down since that's where the story will take place for the most part for the next months, if I'm correct :) And greetings to Ireland and be very welcome :)

@SteveG.711

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustIcelandic Thanks for the great insights! Are we looking at the next Trölladyngja ?

Just what I needed ... a great job !!! Thanks !!! you explained wonderfully well the complete scenario !! (a Frog from Italy)

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic :) welcome

30k views in 18 hours, congratz!!!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Thanks a lot! Very interesting and informative.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

I was wondering all this time if the lava composition was similiar to the lava shields present on the peninsula. Glad to see that it is looked into.

What about a set of 'pre-cast' concrete tunnels? One for the road and one for the telecom lines. Bring them in as 5 to 15 meter sections on trucks, heavy machinery can prep the base, and the sections can be moved into place with a crane. Have the ends of the tunnel well outside the area where the lava is expected to flow. When lava ceases to move in the area, the unneeded tunnel sections can be removed from either end, and the road and telecom lines are still usable and able to be maintained at a normal level.

I’m waiting for part 3. This volcano has certainly put Iceland on the map.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Part 3 is in the making, might be online tonight...

@Time4Breakfast

3 жыл бұрын

😆😂🤣 "volcano... put Iceland on the map". Love the understated comedy. You're very droll. Keep up the good work. Cheers.

@garygrant9612

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustIcelandic Please provide closed captions. You are so interesting and have many things to say that i'm missing. It's my fault due to being hearing impaired, not yours, I want more in the future. Thank You

Really interesting commentary!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks Bruh (surfer's greeting from warmer waters)

Thank you! Now I have a question……Why didn’t your ancestors settle in the eastern part of Iceland? Settlements there would have been closer to Norway and Denmark. Did they know they were settling in the most geologically unstable area?

@stuartschaffner9744

3 жыл бұрын

@Eastwind, very perceptive. I hope you get some answers as I have wondered about these issues a lot. If nobody with real expertise answers, let me suggest a few things to ponder. First, our modern understanding of places like Iceland stems from the 1970's, when the idea of plate tectonics went from radical theory to accepted hypothesis. It's amazing how recent most of our modern view of geology is. Second, while I am sure that there are differences, the islands of Hawaii are formed by very similar processes: a stable volcanic plume under the surface of an ocean, producing islands that move away from the plume over millions of years. A lot of the population of Hawaii is near the southern end of the chain. Mauna Loa is an active shield volcano and Hilo is directly in the path of some geologically recent lava flows. You might look at why these parts of the island chain are the most populated. I believe that part of it is that the surfaces of recent lava flows are good for agriculture. In contrast, most of Kauai in the north is so deeply eroded that it is accessible mostly by helicopter. Notice that Grindavik, an Icelandic fishing port, is on a harbor that was formed by recent lava flows into the ocean. I suspect that safe harbors in Iceland are few and far between, and are mostly formed by recent volcanic activity.

@stanrusk2522

3 жыл бұрын

@@stuartschaffner9744 Thank you for sharing. 🕊

@alexfrance500

3 жыл бұрын

Climate. Due to prevailing winds coming off the warmer Gulf stream, the weather in the South West of the country is a milder than over to the East. When your winter is 6 months long & the growing season for crops is so short, even a tiny difference in temperature for the warmer is hugely important!

@stuartschaffner9744

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexfrance500 , fascinating. Hawaii in this aspect would be a bad analogue since it is so far south that the prevailing winds are the easterly trade winds. This means that the eastern slopes are wet and good for growing crops while the western areas are often desert like. I am presuming that the prevailing winds over Iceland are westerly like in Canada. There's also the matter of all the big glaciers in the interior southeast. From what you said, it sounds like the glaciers are there because the winds are colder rather than the other way around. I really don't know. I am more asking questions than trying to give definitive answers. What a fascinating place Iceland is!

@timweather3847

3 жыл бұрын

There is more relatively low ground around Reykjavik than almost anywhere else in Iceland with the potential for agriculture, though how they prevented their crops from being blown out of the ground by the SW’ly winds is more problematical.

Awesome explanation

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Thank you for your videos and your explanation. Karin/Germany

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, new update online now :)

Very nice docu.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

I enjoy the views of Iceland as a country not just the scene of a volcanic eruption.+ my sister likes your voice and dry witt.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and welcome :)

Informative and hilarious 🤣.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

just returned from 2 days at the volcano. it was amazing. So powerful and the lavafield is HUGE.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Great :) hope you had a fantastic time :)

I find your videos so interesting and informative. In amongst the many gigabytes of (highly addictive) Lava Porn, it's great to get an authentic feel for the social and structural impact these eruptions have on the Icelandic people who, over hundreds of years, have mastered the art of living side-by-side with the most awesome, overwhelming geological events - the creation of new land.

2:29 I genuinely snorted at that ;D

@realnohat

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

The original :)

And off course all the best. We hope you will manage these troubles without any casulalties..

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thats the plan for sure and thank tor visiting :)

Thanks

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome

This must be so worrying for the people of Iceland. Praying for the continued safety of everyone who may be affected by this. It's a phenomenal sight for the rest of us around the world but for the folk who live there, this could affect their whole future. Stay safe!

A very fine map!

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

The maps are very helpful.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Really nice explanation of "What? and why?". Gives better 3D view on situation and what could come into future. Despite living in far away country far far away from any dangers (from nature side), I *love* following volcanic stuff, specially with local eyes that sees things for real (without using too many "huge, massive, terrible" words everywhere - unless they really are necessary ofcourse)

Great Videos! I have a stupid quedtion though, can the flow be controlled by blasting a path?

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Possibly but they would have to go trough lots of bedrock so I somehow doubt they will try since if it's gonna go on for a long time, that could only hold for long...

hi my friend, great day

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit and thanks :)

Thanks for this very informative update! It seems difficult to prevent the south coast road to be cut in a near future if the eruption does not stop within a couple of months. A bridge over the lava flow or a tunnel under it would be very expensive and may be not a good idea. Would be a car ferry option worth studying, for example from Grindavík to Þorlákshöfn? By the way, does there exist a safe coastal harbour between these both coastal cities, so that the ferry trip could be made shorter?

I hadn't thought about being on the road and having the volcano come crashing through. Yikes!

Great commentary. Who is the commentator/ filmer ?

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

I'm responsible for those vlogs so it's my footage and my voice but I'm occasionally using news footage in order to explain the scenario better, and my name is Gylfi :) thanks for visiting :)

Please stay safe and well over there 🙏🙏🥰🥰👍👍❤️❤️

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Very intresting ....thanks for sharing greetings from spanish María

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting María :)

Well done.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

great pictures and informations. thanks. looking forward to my next vaccine so that I can hop to Iceland to have a look at all that.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

10:36 shows a Sunday M5.4 earthquake of 14th March 2021. I write this now in 2022, not long after the(a?) M5.4 earthquake on Sunday 31st July. Your video from last year is all too relevant still, Just Icelandic! Thank you!

@JustIcelandic

2 жыл бұрын

Will upload a new video in 1-2 hrs about that....

@nolongerlistless

2 жыл бұрын

@@JustIcelandic Brilliant! Thank you! I await with interest as ever.

Thank you for an interesting video. :) Are any of your experts talking about using explosives to create craters in the path of the lava to change its course?

Thank you for this informative video. If/when the lava hits the water, how will this change the bay for fishing?

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's gonna matter for fishing....

infrastructure development.... How about looking to upgrade the road junctions at Grindavíkurafleggjari?

Hmm. Would digging a Tunnel under the road to the sea, hanging the cables up over it and lead the lava underneath it theoretically work?

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Theoretically yes I would think but I need to get back there soon since I need more footage from the in order to get a better feeling for the landscape there...coming soon :)

Keep us updated on the status of the highway & fiber optic cable.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

I will...

gr8 video,,, they could dig a channel, to the road and dig a deep protective culvert under the road and channel it to the sea..wat ya think??

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Culvert might be a solution but I'm not sure the would have time to do it if dynamite would be needed for the job

👩‍💻 r helping 2 direct the lava. It’s very much appreciated. Bob says 🙏!

hi there ..can you show us where exactly the lava now from the highway can you show it in one shot..thanks

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Not on a photo in the moment but it's here: goo.gl/maps/MLdGK4g1C5Vu7rA97

@meal8641

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustIcelandic thank you

Now I can see why they don't want the lava to cover that highway. It looks like a major highway.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

I would be bad to loos it under lava for sure....

Awesome video. Make new land by directing the lava to the ocean. Resplice the fiber optics

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

The ocean is the best idea yes :) but I will follow up on this :)

WOW!!! og Jæks! En Takk engu að síður fyrir áhugaverðar og pínu scary upplýsingar.

@JustIcelandic

3 жыл бұрын

Takk fyrir komuna :)

An excellent video. I have special interest in the PEHD cable protection pipe as we produce such ones. I have learned that they now bore them through the valley by directional horizontal drilling to protect them further. Deeper down the heat may not affect the cable protection pipe with the fiber inside (LJÓSLEIÐARINN) Maybe a video addressing this this matter? Thank you for keeping curious souls informed. You have such a wonderful, yet quite different country up there in the north Atlantic!