Iceland volcano activity increase; great lightning shots from last night

[BlueBayou]

Iceland volcano (Eyjafjallajokull) continues to erupt and has even picked up in intensity.

Here are live cams and also lightning shots in the ash cloud from last night ---
(not much more daylight left though so check it out now!)



Epic lightning shots from last night.
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/pe...100416-en.html

heres a few from the above link:










[img]http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/perm/iceland/icons-eya-20100416/ejafjalla16apr2010-mfulle4151j.jpg







Here is what it looks like from recent shots:










Live web cams of the volcano. It will be dark soon. It takes a little bit for it to pull up. Some people have been unable to get them to load, but be patient cause it usually takes about a half minute or so -->

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajoku...thorolfsfelli/

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-valahnjuk/

/\ [ EDIT: 6:15 PM ET now --> Its dark in Iceland now so dont even bother with the webcams above until tomorrow morning... ]



or if you cant get those to pull up at all, go here -->
http://www.mulakot.net/myndavelar.html
just keep refreshing manually. 3rd pic down is latest shot.





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http://www.boston.com/news/world/eur...ity_increases/
LONDON—A geologist says activity has increased at an erupting Icelandic volcano, causing an ash plume to rise some 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) into the air.

Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson of the University of Iceland says winds have cleared visibility for scientists and Saturday will be the first day they can fly above the volcano to assess the activity.

Once scientists determine how much ice has melted, it will be easier to say how long the eruption could last.

An ash plume that has disrupted travel across Europe has been caused by hot magma being cooled quickly by the melting ice cap.

Gudmundsson says as long as there is enough ice, more plumes could form -- causing even more travel disruption.

This could also keep airports shut down for at least 5 more days.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull

If the larger Katla volcano just next door to this one erupts, crap could seriously hit the fan. (see page 2 for more info on this subject).

[texanadian]

lightning + volcano = bad*ss

[alles_gut]

mother earth is angry

[Pinturicchio]

2012

[Flapjacker]

Wow

[repsDTGdaily]

wow awesome shots

[jimmyspanx]

those lightning shots are damn amazing

[KennyK]

Ragnarok, motherfukers!

[Mikearade89]

awesome pics, repped

[ChrisSWE]

the worst thing is all airplane companys will go bankrupt within a few week because of this.. no more vacation for us in some parts of europe

[momo5]

ah don't mind that it was just me testing out my perfect body after absorbing the other two androids.

[BlueBayou]

Its starting to get dark now, so the live cams are going dark. I wish I had posted this a little ealier cause its been crazy. Check back tomorrow on the live cams when the sun comes up in Iceland.

the worst thing is all airplane companys will go bankrupt within a few week because of this.. no more vacation for us in some parts of europe

If this thing keeps going it could have some serious economic impacts, and some effects on the global weather in the northern hemisphere.

[deadliffft]

A gigantic volcano eruption is probably what is going to wipe out humans eventually. It sucks because we can detect and to some degree, predict these eruptions(this one is very small relative to Earth's history), but there's absolutely nothing we can do to stop them.

[Mikearade89]

correct my broscience if it's erroneous, but isn't NZ really vulnerable to a volcano, like could wipe out the whole country?

[repsDTGdaily]

correct my broscience if it's erroneous, but isn't NZ really vulnerable to a volcano, like could wipe out the whole country?

the US certainly is

[ChrisSWE]

Its starting to get dark now, so the live cams are going dark. I wish I had posted this a little ealier cause its been crazy. Check back tomorrow on the live cams when the sun comes up in Iceland.



If this thing keeps going it could have some serious economic impacts, and some effects on the global weather in the northern hemisphere.

As usual anything and everyone is unprepared for any natural disaster like this. Our whole economic infrastructre is fragile man.

[Mikearade89]

the US certainly is

yellowstone?

[callum-2006]

the worst thing is all airplane companys will go bankrupt within a few week because of this.. no more vacation for us in some parts of europe

Lulz has your entire air-infrastructure been assraped too?

[callum-2006]

correct my broscience if it's erroneous, but isn't NZ really vulnerable to a volcano, like could wipe out the whole country?

I thought there was a super volcano in Indonesia somewhere thats due within the next 1000 years that will effect the entire planet.

[ChrisSWE]

Lulz has your entire air-infrastructure been assraped too?

Nope brah, not yet. Not just Sweden is getting raped..or should i say companys. All companys that is effected by the Volcano across Europe will get severly damaged within weeks. Mostly air- infrastructure yes

[x ShAnE x]

Did some1 go super saiyan?

[DERJEVPOO]

A gigantic volcano eruption is probably what is going to wipe out humans eventually. It sucks because we can detect and to some degree, predict these eruptions(this one is very small relative to Earth's history), but there's absolutely nothing we can do to stop them.

Giant bottle cork. Pretty simple solution if you ask me. (not srs)

[vifferlv]

I thought there was a super volcano in Indonesia somewhere thats due within the next 1000 years that will effect the entire planet.

On that note yellowstone is 50,000 years overdue.

[UrbanNomad]

My reaction : "Whooooooooooaaaaaa!"

[ChrisSWE]

Giant bottle cork. Pretty simple solution if you ask me. (not srs)

Or you could put the volcano on a rocket and use the power of Volcano to go to mars and put it there. Fuel will not cost a dimsky

[Mikearade89]

despite all of our technology, we are still mother nature's bitch

[TheChase]

it's all cloudy and **** here because of it. smells of sulphur too. fuk that volcano... but truly epic lightning.

[BlueBayou]

Its dark in Iceland now so check back tomorrow morning for the live webcams again after sunrise in Iceland which will be a few hours before sunrise here in the eastern US.

Sunrise/sunset in Iceland:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...omy.html?n=211

It will be interesting to see how it looks in the morning as compared to the 2 saved shots in my OP.

[SteinIdar]

it's all cloudy and **** here because of it. smells of sulphur too. fuk that volcano... but truly epic lightning.

where do you live brah? its clear skies here. if Katla goes off we are all ****ed.

[doitbig191]

2012