#Iceland
Iceland Monitor | Sun 3 Dec 2023 | 12.00 GMT
The dike might have expanded
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/12/03/the_dike_might_have_expanded/
#IcelandMonitor
#Iceland #ÞorvaldurÞórðarson,
#eruption
#volcanic #Fagradalsfjall
#Svartsengi #ReykjanesPeninsula
#earthquakes
#Eldvörp
#magma
https://www.europesays.com/934204/ Öngþveiti þegar nýjar snyrtivörur fóru í sölu í Krónunni – Vísir #iceland
I have today worn my #BigCoat to work for the first time this year. Formerly known as my #Iceland coat, it’s absolutely cold enough to wear it here #today.
It’s down and padded and waterproof and lined with something like those emergency blankets you see marathons finishers wearing.
I was sweating like a paedophile in a playground all the way to work!
Despite being monstrous giants, the trolls of Icelandic folklore possess one major weakness: sunlight turns them to stone. Many of the large rock formations that can be seen across Iceland are said to actually be petrified trolls. #FolkloreSunday
📷 : Ross Hughes
"Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear,
Or, like a fairy, trip upon the green,
Or, like a nymph, with long dishevell'd hair,
Dance on the sands, and yet no footing seen:
Love is a spirit all compact of fire,
Not gross to sink, but light, and will aspire."
- #ShakespeareSunday, Venus and Adonis
#NorthernLights above Egilsstaðir in eastern #Iceland.
@photography #aurora #DailyPhoto #photography #WeatherPhotography
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A few aurora pictures from my trip to Iceland. Out of the 700 I took :)
Taken near Mývatn
Sony A6600
Sony E 16mm f/2.8
#aurora #auroraborealis #photography #iceland #northernlights
icelandmonitor.mbl.is
"The speed of the land rise is great"
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/12/01/the_speed_of_the_land_rise_is_great/
#Svartsengi #ReykjanesPeninsula #Grindavík #Sundhnúkar #IcelandMonitor
#Iceland #eruption #volcanic
#earthquakes #magma
The Icelandic Meteorological office say:
"Seismic activity still decreasing"
Update 1. December at 16:50
#IcelandicMeteorologicalOffice
#Sýlingarfell #Hagafell #Update #seismicity #seismicswarm #Seismic
#Iceland #eruption #volcanic
#earthquakes #magma #volcano
#Deformation
https://www.cyclingeu.com/102945/live-indoor-cycling-workout-50-minute-cycling-class/ LIVE Indoor Cycling Workout! | 50-minute Cycling Class #Bicycling #BicyclingIceland #Biking #Cycling #iceland
Deserted Valley
This is Flateyjardalur in north-eastern #Iceland. Over the years, all the farms in this valley have gradually been abandoned until nobody lives here, except seasonal shepherds and the Arctic foxes.
The stillness and silence were total, not even the sound of the wind, just the rhythm of my own heart.
@photography #DailyPhoto #photography #WeatherPhotography #LandscapePhotography #Landscape
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Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/golden-circle/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/saudharkrokur-reykjavik/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/siglufjordhur-saudharkrokur/saudharkrokur.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
https://www.europesays.com/931724/ Eddu Björk hafi verið gert að tala norsku við börnin sín – Vísir #iceland
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/siglufjordhur-saudharkrokur/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/akureyri-siglufjordhur/siglufjordhur.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/akureyri-siglufjordhur/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
#IFRC suspends membership of Belarus Red Cross #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czech #Poland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Switzerland #Canada #Slovakia #Italy #Ireland #Europe #Netherlands #Japan #Australia #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #G7 #StandWithUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3794718-ifrc-suspends-membership-of-belarus-red-cross.html
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/seydhisfjordhur-akureyri/akureyri.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/seydhisfjordhur-akureyri/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/breidhdalsvik-seydhisfjordhur/seydhisfjordhur.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/breidhdalsvik-seydhisfjordhur/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/hofn-breidhdalsvik/breidhdalsvik.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/hofn-breidhdalsvik/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/hali-hofn/hofn.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
https://www.europesays.com/931002/ Einhverjar skoðanir um hvítu kókómjólkina? #iceland
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/hali-hofn/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/vik-hali/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/eyrarbakki-vik/vik.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/eyrarbakki-vik/vik.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/eyrarbakki-vik/?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
https://www.europesays.com/930670/ Íslendingar vinna minnst og þéna mest #iceland
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn or Sovereignty Day in #Iceland. Let's drive the Ring Road. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/iceland/keflavik-eyrarbakki/eyrarbakki.html?s=mb #travel #Fullveldisdagurinn
Five years ago today we were spending the first full day of a long weekend in Iceland, having flown up the day before. Reykjavík was cold in December - who knew? - and the scenery around the port and north to the snowy, volcanic range of Esja not far from our hotel was both unwelcoming and utterly beautiful. This was our second time visiting Iceland but the first staying in the capital. It's our favourite European country.
#Reykjavík #Iceland #Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #Esja
The weirdest thing about everything that has happened in connection with the #Earthquakes around, and magma movement below, #Grindavík is how slowly the ground moves.
It has been three weeks since the worst round of quakes and the magma doesn't appear to be rising anymore. I had envisioned the effects to be near instantaneous but I was thinking about it wrong.
The quakes and magma shift the rock but the soil moves on a delay. So we are still seeing sinkholes forming.
In 2021 I went to Iceland and took some pictures of the volcanic eruption there. I put them on my blog recently, so you might like to see that.
https://n3wjack.net/2023/11/29/fagradalsfjall-2021-volcanic-eruption-iceland/
For this week's ride we travel to Reykjavik, Iceland and see a two-way bike lane, pedestrian area and a parking lot that was transformed into a public space.
#biketooter #hjóla #reykjavik #iceland #pedestrianstreet #bikelanes #placemaking #protectedbikelanes #cycletrack
For #WaterfallWednesday here's Geitafoss in northern Iceland. If you ever visit the wider and higher Goðafoss then this is its smaller sibling just a little bit downstream and before you reach the bridges over the Skjálfandafljót river.
This was taken in 2022 while we were in nearby Akureyri for the day.
#Iceland #Geitafoss #Skjálfandafljót #Goðafoss #Waterfall #Nature #LandscapePhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography #Akureyri
Fancy A Swim?
For #WaterfallWednesday this week -
This is gorgeous Aldeyjarfoss in February, the beautiful turquoise waters of river Skjálfandafljót frozen almost to a standstill. The drop of 20 metres into a turbulent, icy pool is perfectly offset by the surrounding black basalt columns.
Bárðardalur Valley in the Highlands of #Iceland, at the northern part of Sprengisandur Highland Road.
#DailyPhoto #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography @photography
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No wounder people are plopping #datacentera in #Iceland...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNVtLV2ULpM
At €0,065 / kWh and being well interconnected across the atlantic that's an ideal location...
https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Iceland/electricity_prices/
Not to mention 100% renewable power...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqWyja_cLjM
Godafoss waterfall
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/godafoss-waterfall-patricia-hofmeester.html
By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #AYearForArt #LoveArt #photography @PatriciaPhotos #godafoss #waterfall #iceland #rainbow #beautiful
"I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all"
For weather lovers and Joni Mitchell fans.
Summer: Warm, moist winds from the southern ocean conflict with the steep, cold mountains and make enormous stacked lenticular clouds around the coast.
Reyðarártindur (771m/2530ft) and Svínhólafjall (284m/932ft) in Lónsfjörður, south-eastern #Iceland.
Wide shot, please click for full enjoyment!
Spotlight On The Glaciers
20:20 on an August evening and the sun is setting at Fláajökull, the "Sloping Glacier" in Hornafjörður, south-eastern #Iceland.
The shafts of sunlight throw a spotlight beam onto the vulnerable ice-fall. This slow-flowing tongue has receded 2 km/1.25 miles during the last 100 years and is in imminent danger of collapse.
#DailyPhoto #photography #WeatherPhotography #LandscapePhotography @photography
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What JUST #EMERGED At #Iceland TERRIFIES #scientists
@eleanorrees Same thing happened to me. They consider it a mental disorder in #iceland
They stopped all tracking and innoculation. Masking or mention is considered "bad behavior". I'm trapped here. Missed my dads funeral. Stuck in hell alone.
Der natürliche Magma-Tunnel nahe Grindavík ist mittlerweile zu 90% fest. Ausbruch wird unwahrscheinlicher:
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/11/26/90_prosent_of_the_magma_dike_solidified/ #iceland 🌋
90% of the magma dike solidified - #Iceland Monitor
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/11/26/90_prosent_of_the_magma_dike_solidified/
Enormity of Skógafoss #Iceland #SilentSunday #Photography #Landscape #Waterfall #Miniature #Nature #NaturePhotography
Hey #iceland peeps! I’ve applied for a job at Veðurstofa that I think would be ideal for me. If we’ve interacted and you work there or know people who work there, and would feel comfortable recommending me, please let me know!
Cc: @RagnarHeidar
'Reykjanesvirkjun'
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The Reykjanesvirkjun geothermal powerplant, Iceland.
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For Prints:
https://dave-bowman.pixels.com/featured/reykjanesvirkjun-dave-bowman.html
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#iceland #geothermal #environment #globalwarming #blackandwhitephotography #longexposurephotography #fineartphotography #BuyIntoArt #GiftThemArt #ArtMatters #AYearofArt #artistonmastodon
#AYearForArt #FallForArt
#fedigiftshop #MastoArt #wallart #gifts #giftideas #interiordecor #interiordesign #homedecor #homedecoration #interiordesigner
#artbooster #davebowmanphotography
"To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside
In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice;
To be imprison'd in the viewless winds,
And blown with restless violence round about
The pendent world"
- #ShakespeareSunday, Measure for Measure
For #SilentSunday this is Jökulsárlón in SE #Iceland.
The mountain beyond the lake is Oræfajökull, a stratovolcano considered to be one of the most powerful in Europe with phreatic or ultravolcanian steam blast eruptions.
@photography
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News from the Town of Grindavík.
ruv.is
"Companies could resume operations in Grindavík soon"
"The Civil Defence alert level in Grindavík was lowered from "emergency" to "danger" yesterday at 11am."
https://www.ruv.is/english/2023-11-24-companies-could-resume-operations-in-grindavik-soon-398050
#NewsfromIceland #residents
#Iceland
#eruption
#volcanic
#Grindavík
#earthquakes
#CivilDefence
#magma
Northern Lit
The aurora above Fláajökull glacier in Hornafjörður, south-eastern #Iceland.
It had been a lovely November day, clear and very cold. We settled for the evening at our guest-house and watched the sky for any signs of activity. We didn't have to wait long.
@photography #DailyPhoto #LandscapePhotography #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights
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@alda
I remember a "1-star-review" of someone visiting the Gran Canyon, complaining that it is only a big hole with stones 😅
If you are not ready to experience nature, better stay home...
(Because experiencing #Iceland|s pure nature is the real #adventure!)
Today's news from #Iceland are about angry tourists who are stuck on an island known for harsh and violent weather conditions as well as other natural disasters — due to harsh and violent weather conditions and other natural disasters.
I don’t have many waterfall photos left, but will add what I can find to #WaterfallWednesday ☺️
A very cool use for backscatter on a fibre optic link is for #seismic detection, which is currently being used on #Iceland to monitor #earthquake activity.
Full explanation on how this works here:
https://www.astronomy.com/science/fiber-optics-help-scientists-take-the-pulse-of-our-planet/
@rainmaker1973 Dear #Iceland bubble,
How did they accomplish this? 👆
Helicopters have come up in the 40s for civil use (excluding all those variants before that could only last seconds to minutes).
The sea is too stormy for boats.
So how has the material been moved there?
Sun Rise, Full Moon Set
#SilentSunday - 10am on a cold November morning, and snow on the mountains picks up the pink of the early sunlight.
Hálsatindur and Ófærumúli, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður in south-eastern #Iceland.
@photography #dawn #MoonSet #SunRise
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We continue to monitor the situation around #Grindavik in #Iceland. A member of the @Vivaldi team evacuated with his family. It is a stressful situation for everyone from Grindavík and my thoughts are with them all. It is not easy for a town to have to evacuate like that. Everyone is hoping for the best, but it does not look like people will be able to return to their homes anytime soon. In fact, the expectation is that people will not be able to be home for Christmas.
There has not been a volcanic eruption so far, but there has been a lot of damage from all the earthquakes and from cracks and holes in the ground and the whole area is not considered safe.
https://www.europesays.com/909314/ Map showing the different danger zones in Grindavik #iceland
#Iceland has been dealing with a housing shortage. Now up to 1% of the population might need new housing.
One angle of the preexisting problem, though not the single reason, is #Airbnb and other similar services which rent apartments to tourists.
The #VolcanicEruption has not started but it is still believed to be on its way. The odds have not changed.
A friend of mine from #Grindavík (I actually know a surprising number of people there) talking about what's going on.
News at 9AM: US-China relations advance at the APEC summit with talks deemed 'constructive and productive'. Hostage release negotiations continue after the body of Yehudit Weiss, abducted by #Hamas, was found near Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza. The US Senate has passed a measure to prevent a government shutdown. #Iceland faces potential long-term volcanic instability. #BBC #News
#BBCNews - #Iceland : Helicopter footage shows giant cracks in earth
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67445280
Rainbows of Reykjavik. Come visit the biggest consuction site in the world. No locals living downtown.
Come for the #dystopia
stay for the #vulturecapitalism
Listen to an audio transcription of Iceland's earthquake activity triggered by volcanic stirrings with Northwestern University's Earthtones: earthtunes.ci.northwestern.edu/wave/29ad4b83d7a
via https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/11/listen-to-icelands-recent-seismic-activity/
According to geology professor Shawn Willsey, in Grindavik today, they detected SO2 - a volcanic gas.
It doesn’t mean the eruption’s imminent, especially since the most violent of the magma intrusive processes (e.g., the earthquakes and ground cracks) along the dike have subsided, so it’s not pushing upward so forcefully. But at this point, it is believed that the magma’s maybe 1/2-mile beneath the surface.
#volcano #volcanology #magma #iceland #grindavik #so2 #SulfurDioxide
"Sudden evacuation in Grindavík" by @icelandmonitor - Residents retrieving belongings were re-evacuated. Measured volcanic gas sulphur dioxide in the air in #Grindavik indicates magma at very shallow depth. https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/11/14/sudden_evacuation_in_grindavik/ #Reykjanes #Iceland #volcano🌋 #geology
Monochrome Mount Kirkjuflell: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/monochrome-mount-kirkjuflell-mustang-joe.html
I think there are many people who imagine that flowing lava is the most dangerous part of a #VolcanicEruption but since gas is invisible it is often the thing which kills people. About an hour the few people who were in #Grindavík (mostly those trying to save valuables or minimize potential damage) had to leave because gas detectors measured high levels if sulfur dioxide in the air. The eruption is pending but we have seen how powerful science and technology are at preventing harm.
Rainbow Canyon
It had been a miserable day in terms of weather. Drizzly rain and strong winds had done their best to spoil our tour of Kárahnjúkavirkjun but, with the sun regularly breaking through, we saw dozens of rainbows that day.
This was one of the most impressive. After walking halfway across the gravel dam I turned my back to the rain, and was met by this gorgeous sight over Hafrahvammagljúfur (𝙃𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙧𝙖-𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢-𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘰𝘰-𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳) canyon.
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