Such mixed feelings watching this. The eruption is fascinating, such a huge fissure, but I feel so bad for the people. Hope the town stays save. Thanks for all your work!

@vraja-kishordas2678

5 ай бұрын

I’m here now. On the way to the airport and everything seems normal. They have a good system to notify if any evacuation is needed. All is well and it’s beautiful.

@lillianneragazzo151

5 ай бұрын

Just amazing - thank you for your gentle explanation. Questions - where do the evacuees go? Are there resources in place for them? This must be devastating for them.

@outlawbillionairez9780

5 ай бұрын

​@@lillianneragazzo151 All the previous evacuees have been taken care of. They've had lots of time to prepare for those still in town. It will be a miracle if the town is spared.

@lillianneragazzo151

5 ай бұрын

@@outlawbillionairez9780 thank you -

@VincentAHSteed

5 ай бұрын

Don,t know you get your information from nothing is free here in Iceland .we pay for hot water cold water and electricity.best wishes from Reykjavík ..​@dimebagvision3221

My heart goes out to everyone from Grindavik. Having to leave your homes with the risk of losing them is horrific, but to have it happen around a festive season, just grinds a little bit more salt into the wound. Please stay safe.

Isak got there within the first hour. It is a huge fissure, the fountains are hundreds of feet high at the start. I'm glad to see you safe. Be well, dear Gylfi, safe travels.

This channel is the first place I turn to for REAL information on what's going on with these volcanoes. Great stuff. No hype. Just real, useful information and great footage!

@opeth84

5 ай бұрын

Same here. Also love the soothing voice :)

@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023

5 ай бұрын

I additionally follow Shawn Willsey, a geology professor in the US, who has visited Iceland several times and whose scientific analyses of Icelandic volcanoes is as low on hype as Gylfi's explanations and stories.

@IceLynne

5 ай бұрын

I'm the same.

Thank you for your compassionate and thorough coverage of the situation in Iceland. I look forward to your future videos. Stay safe, Gylfi!!!

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thank you for your coverage. Your channel is the first place I look for updates. Stay safe, and I hope that the town and the blue lagoon stays safe.

@jerrys4841

5 ай бұрын

And I hope the power plant will be safe.

@outlawbillionairez9780

5 ай бұрын

We have to be prepared for this to be bad. Scientists on the ground predicted this would be a large eruption, and it's even bigger than predicted. The fountains are estimated to be over 400 feet high. Earthen berms haven't been tested for this eruption scale.

@susanjacquier5358

5 ай бұрын

Me too...Gylfi has become our trusted 'go to' in regards to these events ( and broader information).

@jenaemarieAZ

5 ай бұрын

Agreed! (And his voice is so soothing.)

Unbelievable how fast the fissure has expanded, and the volume of lava is crazy. Hoping Grindavik is spared.

Thank you for the great coverage. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the people of Iceland.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@deadzio

5 ай бұрын

​@@JustIcelandicyou sound like Lauri from Hydraulic Press channel 👍👍👍

@kaboom-zf2bl

5 ай бұрын

@@JustIcelandic does this fissure line up at all with the atlantic fault line that is pushing the continents apart ... no one seems to even have considered this ... if it does ... then it shows that the planet is getting stressed by something ...

@Leyrann

5 ай бұрын

@@kaboom-zf2bl This is just regular volcanic activity along a divergent plate boundary. Happens all the time, it's just that most of the time, it happens somewhere underwater.

@friedrichjunzt

5 ай бұрын

Thoughts and prayers never accomplished anything.

Keep yourself safe Gylfi, I pray the town is spared, and the people may return very soon.

I’m an Australian tourist and was on the flight flying over it at about 1130pm. Amazing and scary!!! Will never forget the experience.

Thank you for your ongoing efforts in keeping us up to date 👍

Thanks Gylfi stay safe, much appreciated as always for the updates, remember take a hot flask if your heading out 🥶

I woke up this morning, opened Iceland stream to check what was going on and it was zooming in for the first time on the eruption. Could not have timed it better, I initially was relieved thinking that it didn't come up near Grindavik but then the info came thru that it was not a good spot at all. I really hope barriers hold and lava flows other ways to the sea. Thank you Gylfi for your update as always, stay safe my friend and good luck on your eruption documentation trip.

Thank you for such a prompt update when you were just finishing another video. That footage from the 'copter is pretty spectacular and you're the only one who has posted that as of this time. Please stay safe and don't risk your drone. I understand the authorities are confiscating them.

@davegrimshaw7318

5 ай бұрын

If the authorities are confiscating drones they must expect things to get much worse and want to keep people uninformed..

@bevinboulder5039

5 ай бұрын

@@davegrimshaw7318 They just don't want people any where near the eruption area until it dies down a lot. This is not a tourist friendly eruption.

Thank you for this, Just Icelandic. My heart is breaking for so many who could be so badly impacted and who have gone through so much already. Whatever you do, please stay safe. From a caring and concerned friend from northeastern US. 🇮🇸🇺🇸

I've been waiting for your update, Gylfi. I couldn't work out exactly where the extent of the fissure reached, but while it could be worse, it's going to create a lot of anxiety for the residents of Grindavík until the lava flow courses are clearer. What a spectacular beginning it had, though! I saw it within 15 mins of its beginning and rewound the live streams to witness an absolutely amazing fountaining event to kick things off! I look forward to your next video!

Thank you for the update Gylfi - please take care and stay safe! At least the waiting is now over and the people can actually see what they are up against. Hoping against hope this turns out to be not as bad as some are saying it will be. Thinking of you all at this difficult time - hugs from Down Under … 🥰

Thank you for posting such calm, measured and accurate information with such diligence over these weeks. Extending my best hopes for the ongoing safety of the local people and the coming work to safeguard the local town. Good luck, stay safe.

I love that you're trying to get us coverage of this eruption and appreciate it. Stay safe and don't take any unnecessary risks. We don't want anything to happen to you. I'm glad everyone is safe. Hopefully Grindavik can be saved but mother nature is a force to be reckoned with. These eruptions are neat and scary at the same time given the large scale of them.

Thatnk you for all the information you've been providing continously

Thank you for keeping us up-to-date. Watching from afar, hoping everything goes in the right direction.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed!

Thank you for the update. I find that looking at your maps I finally get my bearings as to what's happening and where. Looking forward to more updates. Take care From Australia 🙂

Im very appreciative of your coverage of the eruptions. Keep up the great work. Stay safe.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated

I have pleasant memories of a visit to Grindavik a few years ago and sincerely hope it is spared. Your coverage of this event is excellent, informative, and beautifully filmed. It is good to know that your country is helping the displaced residents as much as possible. Takk! and safe travels

Hopefully, everyone in the vicinity was able to evacuate to safety in time. Prayers going out for the people of Grindavik 🙏

@Jillysmom63

5 ай бұрын

Yes there was only workers in Grindavik and they got out, same with the power plant.

So happy to hear your OK. Be safe and may everyone be alright and little damage done.

Thank you for keeping us updated.

My prayers go out to all of the families from Grindavik, please take great care and thank you for all of your hard work.

This is by fast the best channel to come to for information on this terrible event. No dramatising, no waffle, just the plain facts given in a calm and matter of fact way. My thoughts go out to all those on Iceland and particularly those who have been most impacted by this volcanic event. I do hope the town survives.

Stunned and also not stunned. Thank-you for the update and your hard work to keep us informed.

Many Thanks🙏

Here we go! Happy to have your accurate and thoughful videos!

Thank you so much for sharing this info with all of us. Please drive safe on your way to the peninsula, and please be safe when you get there. Can't wait to see what kind of footage you get. Stay safe out there brother! 🙂👍🐧🐧

Omg Gylfi, I am so heartbroken to hear about this volcano. I sure hope it avoids the town, any town for that matter. Strong positive thoughts for everyone's homes staying safe. ❤

Thanks for the update, Gylfi. Fingers crossed for Grindavik. Stay safe!

It was hard not to expect something would happen given all the activities over the last couple of months. I guess, this is good and bad....now we know the form it will take, mostly, and the waiting is over....but, the on going magnitude is still uncertain and the direction (hoping for the northerly flow, of course). Thank you to all the workers trying to keep people safe and the town...public service work is not always easy. Thank you, Gylfi for your dedication to your beautiful country...to keep us updated on the current events...travel safely...and we are on pins and needles for your update.🤗

From the USA I can honestly say our prayers are with you all affected by this act of mother nature.

Thank you so much for this continual coverage! I am praying for your safety as you go out tomorrow and for everyone in the area!

Thank you. Your videos are the best and most informative. My thoughts are with the people of Iceland tonight.

Please stay safe everyone 🙏🙏

its a spectaular beginning! stay safe, sir.

Sending prayers and thoughts to Iceland. Please stay safe. May the path of the lava stay away from the towns.

Excellent footage. Thank you!

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Greetings from La Palma! We know what the people of Grindavyk are going through. We are praying for you! 🙏😔

I hope that with everyone’s data (from the seismic activity to all the photos and videos), scientists can use this to help future predictions. We’re finally living in the data age, with so many instruments to gather info, it’s no wonder why this episode had such varied predictions from legitimate experts. Stay safe and thank you again for giving us the first-hand news.

Omg. I hope all the people and animals were able to get away to safety. Prayer for you all ❤

I trusted you more than any other news source for the last years and I'm glad your in the spot for this as well. Prayers to the people of Iceland and the best effects from a possible nightmare. Thank you.

Many thanks for the information....wishing all in Iceland to be safe. Regards from Australia.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Thanks and greetings from iceland

Thank you for the coverage. Prayers for Iceland and it's people.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Welcome

Thank you for keeping us updated, hoping for the best for you guys

Regards from New Zealand, thanks for the video and we hope everything will be ok and the town will survive..

As always, this is where the best popular info is found. Your reporting is gold standard. Looking around at the news sites, you are the only one with a clue to what is going on. Gold. Thank you Gylfi and stay safe. Greetings from not so volcanic Norway.🇳🇴

@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023

5 ай бұрын

Professor Shawn Willsey is not too shabby either. No hype and a lot of geology in an easily understood form.

She did exactly what I thought she'd do. But by the Gods, I was hoping and praying I'd be wrong. Thoughts and prayers are with you all. Stay safe everyone.

Stay safe all and I pray/hope the lava flow somehow stays away from Grindavik 🙏🌋Thanks as always for your amazing coverage.

Sending Love to all affected , thank you for your update 💜

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks for the update Gylfi. I have expected the eruption to take place and therefore followed all your videos. I appreciate all your information and insights. Kind Regards from NZ

Two and a half ,American miles. I used my GPS to find something three miles from my house. It's just literally incomprehensible. The people of Grindavik are in my heart.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much and greetings from Iceland

I am so sorry for the people of Grindavik and the surrounding areas; but I still send you Season's Greetings and hope you can find ways to have a nice Christmas. 🎄💕 On the other hand, I find volcanoes, and the formation of new ones, fascinating. 🌋

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and always welcome🌋

Thank you Gylfi, I had been waiting to hear from you and am anxiously awaiting your next video from the site of the recent huge fissure eruption.🌟

Excellent update, Gylfi. Thank you for your plans to bring us more information from Reykjavik. Be safe !

That fissure is huge! Thank you Gylfi! Looking forward to more of your beautiful videos! May you and everyone else stay safe! Praying that the protective barriers your government has had made will be effective!

Thank you once again Gylfi. Stay safe.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Gylfi thanks for the most detailed explanation of the situation. Outstanding footage from the location before and after the eruption. Hopefully the barriers will work and keep everything safe from the lava.

Great footage!!! All my best to Iceland; you guys write the books on living with volcanoes! ❤💪🏼💥

Thank you for the update. Praying for a good outcome.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Appreciated! thank you

Thank you Gilfi...I do hope that Grindavik, The Blue Lagoon and The Power Plant escape the flow of lava...ATB from Scotland and stay safe my friend.

thank you, for all the facts,since this event began. I’ve appreciate honesty and yours is the only Chanel where I could have gotten it.

Praying for Ice Land.

Thank you! Excellent professional job! Appreciate you. Praying for you all and your beautiful homeland. Aloha ❤

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thank you for your excellent report. The power of nature is so strong. All my prayers and support from England for the people of Iceland and the community of the local town. Stay safe

I hope you are safe and thank you for the update.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

All fine and thanks :)

Merci pour ces informations précises. Bon courage à tous les islandais

Thank you for your update/reporting. Praying all the people remain safe…incredible happening. I dont know the history of grindavik but from the drone shots you can see where past lava flows went. Wonder why the city was established there because it looks,like prior lave flows went right through the area that is now the town

@549RR

5 ай бұрын

Gylfi explains this in many of his past videos - the very small town of Grindavik (not a city) was established there precisely because the historic lava flows created a safe harbour / port for fishing on what is otherwise a very rough / exposed coastline.

@pamelah6431

5 ай бұрын

Same reason people lived in New Orleans despite it being a bad idea and even went back to it after Katrina.

As soon as I heard the news on the radio, I came to your channel. Thank you for your update, Gilfi.

Thank you for taking the time to update us. Best wishes.

Oh, my goodness. I'm so, so, sorry. I'm glad everyone is safe, but this must be so heart-rending - beyond it. We will be praying for you all. Do take care. 💜

Thank you very very much for that grafic at 1:04. While others have the fissure pictures too, and even the well known live feed Cameras already known from last year had shown the eruption this night already, no one had the actual location in comparisson. You are givving a good idea where this is all happening.

Tks for this update. I was waiting for this since the eartquakes started. Super amazing videos coming from Iceland. Tks so much

Hey Gylfi, you have a lot of fans out here who have enjoyed your coverage. You called it man. Please, take care and be safe.

Thank you for the update, please stay safe. I hope the protection walls will hold and more protection walls for Grindavik will be build in time 🙏.

Hi Gylfi and I will start by saying hope is all we have and I hope the town and people of Grindavik get through this and can return home safely as for yourself please stay safe and have a plan just in case from the uk to Iceland 🇮🇸 best of luck good hunting 😊 ❤

🇦🇺 The helicopter early footage was incredible. I also watched livestream drone taken at about 2.30 am Iceland time which was midday here!

Glad you finally uploaded was waiting for your post.

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome

Wow that's huge. Thank you again for the update and stay safe above all else.

Thank you! I waited for your video before watching anything other than the live cams and reading the RUV news reports. I also keep hope for Grindavik.

@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023

5 ай бұрын

You might also appreciate this US geology professor's channel. He has been to Iceland several times, and is quite low key / anti-hype: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iaun2LOYZq7Lcto.htmlsi=REyS0W2kK-h0LW_K

Terrifying for the folks of Grindavik. How things can change in a nano second.🙏🙏🙏 for all the people. Safe travels Gilfi.

We have been watching your amazing videos for several weeks now. You have a kind and thoughtful manner and voice. While most KZread channels try to sensationalize these situations, your calming and thoughtful and precise scientific tone is very much appreciated. And we have learned so much about Grindavik, and Iceland, and its people. Thanks, and we hope for the best outcome for the people there.

@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023

5 ай бұрын

The other channel that my husband and I follow is Shawn Willsey, a geology professor in the US. He, too, is calm and no-hype, and explains the scientific side of things really well.

Thank you for the video. I hope the town will be safe!! Stay safe my friend!!

Thank you for keeping up with this! Stay safe friend.

Thank you for this excellent report, your overview is the best perspective and worth a thousand words. All of our hearts are there with you and the people of Grindavik. Eyes on Iceland! Hugs!

once again id like to thank you for your updates , exciting times with this new eruption , but i do feel for the people who are displaced by this , stay safe everyone , and keep up your great work @just icelandic.. much appereciated..

Thank you, stay safe and best wishes to all the people of Grindavik.

I heard about the eruption last night and you were the first commentator I looked for. Thank you for this update, it doesn’t look good but perhaps there is time to create barriers to protect the town. I hope this is the only eruption y’all have to deal with as well. Be safe and well and best regards from the city of Austin, Texas.

Be safe always my friend from Iceland

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Appreciated! thank you

Thanks for your updates. Hope everything will end soon and the best way. Stay safe!

Thank you for this update ! please do stay safe !

Very good report! Thank you and good luck to all people involved!

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed!

Thank you keeping us all up to date! A very scary time indeed

@JustIcelandic

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow! That helicopter shot of the fissure is both beautiful and scary! Epic looking regardless.

Just be safe! We all appreciate your coverage and reporting!