We here on the Big Island of Hawaii can relate. It's the same kind of eruption we experienced back in 2018, when Kilauea's Lower East Rift Zone erupted and massive amounts of lava destroyed hundreds of homes and covered hundreds of square miles of lower Puna district, even adding quite a bit of land mass to the island as the lava solidified when it hit the ocean and expanded into it.

@DeusVult77763

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately the local community is very against harnessing the abundant geothermal energy of the Kilauea Rift Zone, unlike Icelanders who readily seek to use their natural blessing to further their island's development. The sole geothermal plant on the Big Island faces continuous push back from local and native groups.

@AlexMoreno-zj7po

5 ай бұрын

@@DeusVult77763 Why do they oppose it? There's no reason to

@irenafarm

5 ай бұрын

@@AlexMoreno-zj7poThe volcanos are sacred. That’s understandable. The science is there when they’re ready for it.

@stevenr8606

5 ай бұрын

The NEWS has NO CLUE 🙄

@barbaradu75

5 ай бұрын

DEW))))??

Quick somebody recreate the light saber battle between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader from Revenge of the Sith right now!

The power plant doesn't just "produce hot water for the area" but electricity for around 30.000 people.

@benedikthandrick4529

3 ай бұрын

Yes, thanks. I found at least 7 geothermal plants on the peninsula Reykjanes an around Reykjavik. 3 of them are sending only hot water to these areas. The others power and hot water. The pedestrian ways in Reykjavik are being warmed. A high level of luxury. Lovely.

I have known only a few people from Iceland, and they were lovely, thoughtful people, proud of their unique country and heritage. My deepest hope for the Icelanders is that these eruptions do not destroy their homes and businesses, and that no one is injured or killed from an eruption. I’m so sorry this is happening, especially now, so close to Christmas. Here’s hoping that once the current eruptions subside, things quiet down for them for a long time to come. 💞💞

@irenafarm

5 ай бұрын

It’s starting to look like this will be a windfall for Grindavik. Low energy rift eruptions are great for tourism! The timing is difficult but Icelanders take good care of each other. :)

@davidlafleche1142

5 ай бұрын

Things like that are only going to get worse (Matthew 24:7, KJV).

@asbisi

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words.

@dresib

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. There is little to no risk to human lives from this eruption. Everyone in the area has been evacuated. The damage to homes or infrastructure that may result from the eruption will take days, weeks or even months to unfold due to the position of the eruption and the slow moving nature of the lava.

@cydkriletich6538

5 ай бұрын

@@dresib I am so glad to hear this. Icelanders, I know, are a very hearty breed of good folks!! Happy Holidays to all! 🧑🏻‍🎄🎄

This answered my questions so well. Thank you.

Not a bad summary, but you missed out Iceland’s most important geological feature - it’s sitting on top of a hot spot, a mantle plume. It’s the reason that Iceland exists and the sea floor spreading ridge there isn’t just on the seafloor…That means it has a much larger potential volume of magma primed and ready. This has a lot of potential to get a lot worse, basically. Fingers crossed for the good people of Iceland,

@pgypg

5 ай бұрын

An asteroid about 300 km to 500 km in diameter falls on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Asteroid falls at a 48-degree inclination and penetrates Earth. As it passes through the Earth's mantle, it creates two doughnut mantle convection zones. One is the mid-ocean ridge from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. The second is the Pacific subduction zone. As the donut mantle convection rises and meets the crust, the crust separates. The remaining oceanic ranges (subduction zones) are caused by two doughnut mantle convection zones following an asteroid impact in the Himalayas. In other words, the asteroid falls into the ocean east of South Africa, and as it pierces the Earth and emerges into the Ural Mountains, it creates doughnut mantle convection. It fell at an angle. The first doughnut mantle convection creates underwater features from the Australian Southern Ocean subduction zone (undersea mountain range) to the Philippine Sea to New Zealand. The second causes the Arctic Ocean subduction zone. In other words, two large asteroids breaking apart (rifting) the continents. Other large asteroid impacts pulled or tugged at the donut mantle convection that was supposed to be circular, causing the African continent to not be circular! For reference, the primary vortex (doughnut mantle convection) of the asteroid that landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, is the island of Iceland because the doughnut mantle convection was cut off by an asteroid impact in the Himalayas. Could an asteroid have cut through the doughnut mantle convection? It's pretty amazing to think about.

@Mark-vf8op

5 ай бұрын

Can I assume that Iceland is like on the top of a mega giant underwater volcano? And that the earth crost “moves” over the earth? Like Iceland moves away from the “magmaspot” and then the same thing happens like the Hawaiian islands that the “land” will erode? Ps English is not my native tongue!

@bramsrockhopper3377

5 ай бұрын

@@Mark-vf8op pretty much, yes! (and your English is very good 👍). So the hotspot is sitting right under Iceland at one point on the huge mid-Atlantic ridge running right down through the Atlantic Ocean. In this one point this hotspot brings a much larger volume of magma up at that ridge, so instead of normal sea-floor spreading, it’s built up this enormous mass of lava that’s big enough to break the surface and has, over thousands of years, formed Iceland. Iceland is built entirely of hotspot magma. What’s crazy is that although there have been ongoing eruptions, Iceland has actually been fairly quiet since humans began living there. This current eruption is the first in this region of Iceland for around 800 years. And historically, when one part of it becomes active, it ALL becomes active. So Iceland could be in for a lot more volcanic activity over the coming years… Imho

@timoderpro4661

5 ай бұрын

​@@bramsrockhopper3377 about 15% of iceland is composed of sedimentary rock

@bramsrockhopper3377

5 ай бұрын

@@timoderpro4661 true, I was trying to make a brief point, but yes I should have been more accurate…

Well, for starters, this eruption isn't at the tip of the peninsula, but near enough in the middle, slightly east of the power plant. This one started about 3km long, and extended, mostly to the south, along a previous eruption line.

@Mrbfgray

5 ай бұрын

Hope for more 'free' acreage creation, w minimal damage. "Live on (by) the volcano...."

@barbaradu75

5 ай бұрын

​@@Mrbfgray DEW)))))?!?

@Mrbfgray

5 ай бұрын

@@barbaradu75 Really hope no one is *that* ignorant.

@Hartleymolly

5 ай бұрын

they built a power plant near a freaking volcano???

@Mrbfgray

5 ай бұрын

@@Hartleymolly The entire island is a volcano and the power plant is geothermal, get the connection?? Good GRIEF.

Great info. Thanks for sharing

Interesting. Thank you WSJ!

Thanks for this. Quick and informative. 😊

Greeting from USA. I hope all those people up there in Iceland are safe, and there's not much property damage.

@cbpd89

5 ай бұрын

Fortunately Grindavik was evacuated months ago, which means no one there is at risk. I hope the eruption and lava flow doesn't spread far enough to disrupt the power plant or anymore communities!

Thanks for posting.

Great explanation! Thanks

Great explanations! 👍👋

I hope that for the sake of those who live in this region, this cycle of eruptions don't threaten the places they live.

@janshand7092

5 ай бұрын

In the earthquakes preceeding this eruption. 44 homes have been damaged and enough to be torn down. No injuries thankfully.. I hope that continues. ❤❤

@aerodicus

5 ай бұрын

I think the town was built in an old lava flow, and it’s headed that way again.

@lydis284

5 ай бұрын

come on its a tiny island and how are islands created? LAVA the whole island will be destroyed no doubt

@harmanthind2147

5 ай бұрын

@@lydis284it’s literally the largest volcanic island 😂 it’s not going to be destroyed at all

@lydis284

5 ай бұрын

@harmanthind2147 it's a tiny newly formed island read back and understand how counterintuitive your sentence is 🤣

Sending prayers 🙏🏽

1:52 that truck is awesome!

Thank you. This was interesting.

It literally looks different because this is an on land version of what has been happening along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for as long back in the Earths 4.5 Billion years as we can record.

@aidenstoat5745

5 ай бұрын

The mid Atlantic Ridge only formed about 200 million years ago when Pangea broke up. But similar mid ocean ridges have existed for as long as plate tectonics has been happening (maybe 3 billion years or so)

@irenafarm

5 ай бұрын

This is how oceans form! It’s amazing to think that the North American east coast and Morocco were once only divided by a river valley. Then this started happening down here in North Carolina (probably), rifted northward, and kept going and going and going until it was wide enough for the sea to come through. Then things got super bad but that’s not relevant to this event at all.

I never expected Harry Potter would grow up to be a volcanologist.

@grindupBaker

5 ай бұрын

"Harry Potter And The Magical Brimstone Pit".

@godzilla0974

3 ай бұрын

I like that one bro.😂😂😂

A very good explanation and a nice antidote to the alarmist reporting on this eruption we see in a lot of foreign media.

As a geologist it’s disappointing to see so much incorrect information in this video.

@torsteinnorbertson

5 ай бұрын

As a geologist, don't hesitate to correct the information.

@zzeus43

5 ай бұрын

Its all about clicks.

@PuddinPie

5 ай бұрын

@@torsteinnorbertsonI’m on my phone in a remote area, I just might when I’m back in civilisation

@irenafarm

5 ай бұрын

I legit thought it was narrated by AI. 0_o It feels written by AI, though. I clicked for the purty pictures. There’s actual geologists out there with great, evidence-based commentary. Shawn Willesy has a good series and two lives last night and one update this morning.

@PuddinPie

5 ай бұрын

@@irenafarmthey are actually typical AI type errors so you might be onto something

Iceland is also sitting atop a hot spot in the mantle which increases volcanic activity

I was wondering why fire resistance potions suddenly trippeled in price...

I had a semester of Volcanology with lab at University. My all-time favorite class!

Popping a pimple vs having a cut

Nice video. Funny moment at 1.30. commentator was say about the danger of this kind of larva spreading, And at that moment we see an officer closing a gate. I know not connected, but😊 Interesting information, thankyou

Nature is Beautiful....

Holding thumbs nere in New Zealand, hope ours don't erupt any time soon. My heart goes out to Islandic people as they are awesome. I have met quite a few.

Good work Dr. Bacon

imagine dying to slow moving lava

Rumor has it Anakin and Obi-Won were seen dueling it out.

Kinga reminds me of the o'ahu Ridgeline

Its making the place larger atleast in the long run

to run alongside or near the magma would be divine 😌

The plates do not slip past one another here - they are separating.

It’s beautiful, sad for the people who lost their homes but still Mother Nature showing us her power.

There are so many Volcanoes on Earth. Why not stick a Pipe on its side at the top area first and keep inserting more pipes going towards the bottom, where heat is pushed into the pipe. Volcano does not yell at you and erupt !

" With Benefits comes risk " that's more aptly put in this case people basically living on top or on the side of a big volcano

In my early 20's, I lived in Iceland a year, but thought seriously about staying. I assiduously studied the language, made progress, and discovered how deeply connected to me my Icelandic friends became. My thoughts are and hopes are with them in these concerning times. Given a choice, I will return to Iceland.

To give some perspective: Those molten rock plumes in Iceland eruption now are some 60m/200ft - 200m/650ft high. The fissure is kilometers/ miles long.

It coincides with not just increased solar activity but also a weakened magnetosphere.

that islands about to get bigger.

That's like the final battle scene in the Northman movie

This would have been an opportunity to play "Volcano Man: by Fire Saga as the background music for this video.

It's different because it is a Fissure. Not volcano. The earth is cracking and it is full of molting rock.

@barbaradu75

5 ай бұрын

👁️ 👁️👌 WetterKRIEG DEW)))))))???!

@garrettfornea1088

Ай бұрын

A volcano is a rupture opening in the earth whereby molten rock and other volcanic material is released - not necessarily a mountain with a rupture up top. Fissures qualify as volcanoes.

Gives a whole new meaning to taking a hot shower. 😂😂😂😂

Exactly the same as Kilauea. This is a fissure system. There is more than one type of volcano.

Iceland seems to be the world’s blow off safety valve.

Yes, this type of fissure eruption is SE Idaho's future and geologically recent past.

The terrifying nature of volcanoes is often overlooked, despite being able to render mankind extinct, because most people don't live anywhere near one.

@gr8daysue838

5 ай бұрын

My Aunt lives in Yakima Washington. St.Helens and Mt. Hood aren't two hours from her. I was living in Portland when Helens went off I watched it with my friends . I was 7 the next day it looked like grey snow over everything especially cars in the driveway

спасибо, очень ясно всё рассказано и проиллюстрировано.

Without volcanos, no Iceland... or Hawaii, for that matter.

I have explosive eruption and my girl friend has fissure eruption ✋✋

Adapt and overcome .

@TraustiGeir

5 ай бұрын

Pretty sure we are.

Clearly Wizardry didnt work out for Harry Potter and hes chosen Volcanism as his new career.

@anghogan826

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Harry Potter grew up & got a real career.

They don't even flinch.

Seeing "Joe vs. the Volcano" so early in the video was a pleasant surprise

Fissures are the most spectacular of all the types of eruptions!

0:21 flew for you ! What’s that clip from?

@peadarruane6582

5 ай бұрын

Joe vs the Volcano

@Boviathan

5 ай бұрын

@@peadarruane6582 no kidding? I saw that movie around 15 years ago. Worth the watch.

@peadarruane6582

5 ай бұрын

@@Boviathan Funnily came up in a Quiz night I was in last week, with the bonus question being what three 90's films did Hanks and Meg Ryan co-star in. Everyone remember Sleepless in Seatle and You got mail. Only one team remembered this one lol

@Boviathan

5 ай бұрын

@@peadarruane6582 I know of them and saw very short moments of those movies on tv back in the TV days, but I’ve never seen them. I like that one part when he’s in the ocean.

Mother nature at her best. We are so lucky to have a good old planet

A BEAUTIFUL DISASTER.🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸❤

Another benefit of the volcanoes is that they are a huge tourist attraction, which brings money in. Unfortunately, the last one, nearby, was during the Covid restrictions.

Joe vs. the Volcano? You reached for that Tom Hanks flick

I often feel when friends have near death experiences and bad times. So why did I feel this eruption happening before reading about it on the news. I can’t imagine anyone is even in the danger zone. So why is this such a thing worthy of feeling.

@jessehansen10

5 ай бұрын

Because it’s gonna open up and hells legions are gonna be released.

@kjartanthorvaldsson5598

5 ай бұрын

what? @@jessehansen10

It's So Different

It looks like a smile

Team Magma woke up Heatran 🌋💥

I wonder what minerals will be found in these latest flows.

@EperogiLimousine

5 ай бұрын

Probably lava

Would it be possible to put about 100 winches on either side of the volcano crack thing and some strong steel cables and just sew the crack together? It could work especially if they put some strong concrete on top. Could even repurpose the concrete as a landing strip.

@EperogiLimousine

5 ай бұрын

Caseoh, if you think of something stupid, I mean smart, think if someone has thought of it before

@shoveldoggermafia

5 ай бұрын

Well somebody should have reminded the first person who said he was going to invent fire or invent a calculator. Just because nobody thought of it doesn't mean it wont work.@@EperogiLimousine

@grindupBaker

5 ай бұрын

@cassowarycorner This is brilliant ! Get started on it right away ! Send us monthly progress updates ! Don't worry we've all got your back ! (As Trudeau told all Canadians at start of Covid 19 before heading off on vacation on his friend's private island in the tropics).

Mad respect for throwing in Joe vs Volcano lol

Must save the energy plant,, sending prayers from Plymouth Devon uk

What eruption? 7secs? Minutes on bacground u could havevjust linked to

@janshand7092

5 ай бұрын

It's only begun but it's already flowed for 8 hours

Hey, I just saw Obi-Wan and Vader fighting over there.

Didnt know harry potter knew so much about volcanoes

🔥

Those earthquake fissures are the ones from every parody apocalypse movie & cartoon scene… cracks into the hellish voids of earth…

I thought it was magma that comes out of a volcano. It is only called lava once it’s injected

Will all flights be cancelled tomorrow?

@michaeldeierhoi4096

5 ай бұрын

No flights will be canceled because this is not a volcano that threatens air flight.

@EperogiLimousine

5 ай бұрын

No ash

I never thought I'd live to see a Basalt flood. This is _So Cool_

@irenafarm

5 ай бұрын

It’s a very very tiny one. :) The Hawaiian islands have them fairly often, as their hot spot “moves” slowly east-ish. This was a slight surprise because they thought the Icelandic mantle plume had moved (eastward? I think?). Seeing this happen in real time does make it a little easier to imagine continental sized flood basalts.

Conor Bacon...??? Now Im really confused

DEW )))))))?!? Weatherwar ?!?!

So sad😢😢

Связка хорошо работает, также объяснено все очень понятно и детально

I have a crack in my wall . I used white cement , I think that will help iceland

"Iceland" is now "Lavaland"

Did not know Harry Potter was a volcanologist. Very cool!

It's a rift eruption not a volcano.

@carelgoodheir692

5 ай бұрын

Semantics?

@michaeldeierhoi4096

5 ай бұрын

More specifically it is a fissure eruption but still a volcano. If you look up different kinds of volcanoes fissure volcanoes are of them.

Who knew that Harry Potter knew so much about volcanoes

I wonder why households were built there ?

@joshuaharper372

5 ай бұрын

Two reasons. First, the system had been quiet for hundreds of years when the town was built; it has only become active again in the last decade or so. Second, because Iceland has so many volcanic systems that you have to live near at least one of them. It is like learning to deal with earthquakes in California or hail, tornados, and hurricanes in Texas.

@TraustiGeir

5 ай бұрын

What Joshua said. Oh, and also fish.

Aloha From Hawaii! We have to deal with this every several years!

Anyone else bugged by the narration? It sounds like text generated narration.

I'm glad Harry Potter had a chance to chime in.

For millennia, cultures warred against another to expand their territory. Iceland over here casually 🌋🌋🌋

Never knew Harry Potter is expert on volcanos 🤣🤣

Geothermal power plants would be beneficial for all of us to end the burning of fossil fuels and global warming. But having to build it near an active volcano is not only risky, it's dangerous. And looking at it right now at 4:10, you know you're right in the path of fast-moving lava that's just ready to burst through the cracks.

The Earth is bleeding

Awww Harry Potter grew up and became a volcanologist!!

It is forming new land.

gee, in other words, exactly like all the other extensively reported upon eruptions in Iceland for the past 4 years. The Wall St Journal, always several years late.