Iceland Volcano ended? Geologist explains, August 2022 update

The Merardalir Eruption in Iceland is a continuation of the 2021 Fagradals Eruption. In this video Professor Ólafur Ingólfsson explains

[schtepke]

Nice to have Professor Dad back on line again. thx Jon

[billgoeckel]

This is by far the best video on the new eruption . Very well explained and easy to understand. Thanks Jon for posting Cheers my friend!

[AvanaVana]

Great, well-informed commentary by your dad, who I think it’s important everyone here know is a pretty much legendary sedimentologist/glaciologist, who seems to have been hanging around a lot of late with his volcanologist colleagues, because all his explanations here are authoritative!

Was hoping this would happen again!

[doinafred]

2023 - a new year in our volcano journey and being your true follower, just waiting for your informative updates.
Thank you!🌋

[b.a.erlebacher]

Good to hear from the professor again!

[calmyourmind]

Thanks for the great update. I wish I could see a video of the exact time when it is slowing down and then when the eruption actually stops. That would be fascinating to watch.

[ETRuT]

Thank you Jon and Prof Ingólfsson. Informative and enjoyable, again.

[Doudoustein]

We were there on 13th August. It was unbelievable and unforgettable. I love your country. Iceland is definitely the most beautiful country in the world.
Very interesting explanations from your dad. Thank you !

[adinwalls]

So cool that your dad could use your channel to inform people. I wonder if someone would be interested in buying this from you for their channel, something like the Discovery Channel.

[Druidus]

Thx for the informative video. Your father is a great presenter of his scientific knowledge.

[matt.winklerez]

I love the video. Scientific explanation, personal clips, mystery future of volcano... Ongoing geological show!

[lucym_]

Loved this commentary by your dad. Hope to visit Iceland one day soon and check this volcano out. Thanks for sharing.

[mikerichards]

Jon - please thank your father, he is a fantastic communicator (clearly it runs in the family).

One day I will be in Iceland when a volcano erupts - but I guess not this year!

[maruillescas]

Nice. The most of the views here are from last year's eruption lava (because this year lasted just a few days), but they are nice and wonderful. Hope to have a new harmless eruption very soon.

[amandadonegan]

The drone livestream from lsak a few days before cessation showed a sudden drop in lava in the spattercrater....it was like a toilet flushing (slowly) and l was amazed no one commented on it in the livestream (l couldnt...old phone only) the viscosity of the lava changed the day before too...

[simonmultiverse]

2:21 "and also fluorine" Now that's a dangerous gas! Start with chlorine and magnify all its properties.

[OpaSpielt]

Thanks for the informative video.
In the time scale of a human being, this had been two eruptions in 2 different years. But in the geological time scale, the eruption of this August had been just the second breathe of the new Reykjanes activity, that started with the first quakes in 2020 and the first breathe in 2021. Before that it was sleeping for hundreds of years.
No one knows if there will be more breathes of that volcanic system, but is seems to be very likely. I hope the coming eruptions of the system will be as peaceful as these two had been.
Have a nice day and best regards
🖐👴

[mikewright]

nice vid, the eq's in the area are puttering along atm maybe one an hour at most and they are not of a size that would be a cause of concern as they maybe caused by the land settling and sorting out all the stress from hundreds of tons of lava now plonked on top of it.
will the latest fissure erupt again ?, imho id say no though i wouldnt rule it out 100% as everything there is now cooling and turning solid albeit slowly which may force the magma to travel elsewhere which may lead to a failed intrusion as we saw after the 2021 eruption where there were several cases of magma rising and travelling along natural faults and making its own paths through weakened rock layers but they didnt have the pressure behind them to break through to the surface.
while the faf chart is atm showing signs of increase i am thinking that this is nothing to get excited about (watch it go boom in the next week !) but i think there maybe another eruption along the same line, is there another valley ?, i found it interesting that the fissure seemed to break out at the bottom of what looks like an older cone and seemed (from what i can gather) to be heading towards krysuvik, but that is joining some dots and making a leap of faith with added guesswork, but i did say that days before the last eruption ended it wont last months a few weeks maybe less and 4 days or so later it had stopped, atm im keeping a weather eye on krysuvik.

[ganimedistonks]

I've been there😅! And I saw the eruption. It was amazing. But please my dear Icelanders: take care of the nature. If a new volcano erupts, start only guided tours to the volcano. Close the hiking track for people hiking alone. I was ashamed as I saw many people walking on the moss, beside the hiking track, on the 1 year old lava, ( its still very hot under the surface), they even left waste there 😤. And many people are not well prepared for the hike!
With love from Germany

[Pottus]

My postulation on this points to a key clue that the initial magma was from the last eruption. I think what we are seeing here is the early stages of a crustal magma chamber formation.