Iceland Volcano Eruption Update; Large Eruption Begins, Lava Flowing Towards Blue Lagoon

A large volcanic eruption just began on Iceland's populated Reykjanes peninsula, sending lava flows towards the Blue Lagoon & the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant. While these two regions are protected by lava walls, lava is still likely to block off two major roads. Currently, a 4 kilometer or approximately 13,000 foot long fissure is erupting lava along its entire length at a high rate. This eruption is likely to continue for at least another 7 days, as discussed in today's video.

A special thanks to afarTV for allowing me to use their livestream footage of the Reykjanes eruption.
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0:00 Reykjanes Volcano Erupts
0:37 Fissure Expansion
1:05 Lava Flow Direction
3:31 4.2 Earthquake

[riverresident]

That volcano deserves an Emmy at this point

[nedoran]

3:00 that deep magma pool churning with light was mesmerizing. So primordial

[TheSpaceEnthusiast-vlwx]

Thanks as always, Geology Hub for providing a concise update on this eruption.

[barleygirl]

Crazy, I was watching the live cam this morning and could see excavators and trucks building a dyke. Just little wisps of gas were showing. I go to sleep and wake up for work and this is what pops up on yt.

[dal]

Our Earth is such a precious jewel.
When these fissures open & the molten magma spews up like liquid flame against the darkness of night it is breathtakingly beautiful!
The Earth doesn't just destroy with weather in wind, rain, and fire.
Earth creates new earth with the boiling blood from the heart of her core.

[Flame-Bright-Cheer]

🤘🏼 thank you for the quick and thorough response to this new eruption my main magma man🤘🏼

[caroletomlinson]

Thanks for that info on flow pathways—your report is most helpful for understanding the dangers to town, power plant and spa.

[xwiick]

Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!

[jamesleatherwood]

Wow! Thats gorgeous! Glad it was still strong for a night showing!

[Helezhelm]

You'll want to make a note that it just started to produce phreatomagmatic as there is a intensifying black smoke coming out at edge of northern fissure.

[ruffrider]

One of the best channels on youtube. Keep it up! Thanks for what you do.

[amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi]

Nice! I saw the live hours ago, it was truly massive

[yomogami]

thanks for the updates. very informative as were the maps

[Jolli_-isoo]

2:28 that eruption was not 800 but over 2000 years ago. And the estimated m/s was 2000m/s in the first hour. Love from iceland❤

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You could see the ground rising before the rupture

[brianwilliams]

Stunningly beautiful sight, but deadly. Thanks for posting such footage.

[quietone]

4 km is a huge fissure. Wow. Thank you for the update!

[TreeCutterDoug]

My goodness, that's a helluva lot of volume!

[JBST_]

A new fissure has opened up north of the original fissure. The IMO confirmed this an hour ago

[phlogistanjones]

Thank you for the vidja.
Peaceful Skies