Posts Tagged ‘Glacier’
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
A German aeroplane is preparing to fly to Iceland; volcano picture and measuring equipment are on board which will help ash predictions. Meanwhile Icelandic aviation regulators have removed controls on airspace over Reykjavik and Keflavik airports tonight. Flights are once again able to arrive and depart normally.
Keflavik International Airport and domestic flights in and out of Reykjavik have been cancelled all day due to volcanic ash from south Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier. Precise measurements of volcanic ash production will begin tomorrow with the arrival of a specially equipped German research aircraft.
All domestic and international airports in Iceland are now open with no special restrictions.
Photographer: Anders Peter Amsnæs / www.imagix.dk
Tags: Aeroplane, Airspace, Aviation, Domestic Flights, German Equipment, German Research, Glacier, Iceland Volcano, Imagix, International Airports, Keflavik, Measuring Equipment, Photographer, Precise Measurements, Regulators, Research Aircraft, Reykjavik, South Iceland, Volcanic Ash, Volcano Picture
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
The banned area around the eruption site on Eyjafjallajökull glacier in south Iceland has now been decreased. The Ring Road, Iceland’s number 1 highway, which leads past the glacier along the southern coastline, is now open for traffic.
Tags: Glacier, Iceland Volcano, Number 1, South Iceland, Southern Coastline, Traffic
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
The crater in the caldera of the volcano in Eyjafjallajökull glacier has grown. Coast Guard airplane
TF-SIF flew over the eruption site yesterday. The crew couldn’t see the eruption but radar pictures show that the crater has expanded to 200 meters in diameter and has grown 150 meters tall.
Tags: Airplane, Caldera, Coast Guard, Diameter, Glacier, Iceland, Radar, Sif, Tf, Volcanic Crater, Volcano
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of the volcanic eruption in EyjafjallajA kull glacier, south Iceland.
Tags: Glacier, Kull, Slideshow, South Iceland, Volcanic Eruption
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
A series of earthquakes were measured at Mt. Kistufell on the northern side of Vatnajökull glacier last night. The strongest earthquake, which hit at 5 am, measured 3.3 on the Richter scale.
Tags: Earthquakes, Glacier, Richter Scale, Strongest Earthquake
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Although the force of the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier in south Iceland is only part of what it was when the eruption was at its height, there are no indications that the eruption is coming to an end. The volcanic unrest is similar to what it was in the past days.
Tags: Glacier, Nbsp, South Iceland, Volcanic Eruption, Volcanic Unrest
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
After days of a powerful eruption lava is now melting the thick ice on the glacier to the north. Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson who was onboard a plane over the eruption this afternoon said that vapor is coming up where the ice is melting according to mbl.is. He said the flow was towards Gígjökull.
Tags: Glacier, Gudmundsson, Ice Melting, Iceland, Lava, Mbl, Melting Ice, New Photos, Thick Ice, Tumi
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
To ashen travelers stranded across the globe by belching coming from the depths of an unpronounceable Icelandic glacier, the prospect of communing with an active volcano may be as enticing as spending the night on an airport terminal floor.
Tags: Active Volcano, Airport Terminal, Glacier, Globe, Hawaii Tourism, Hawaii Volcano, Hot, Iceland Tourism, Travelers
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
The steam cloud from the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier rose to a height of six kilometers yesterday afternoon and the ash cloud extended 4.3 kilometers into the air. The steam cloud from the volcano could be seen all the way from Reykjavík.
Tags: Ash Cloud, Glacier, Iceland, Kilometers, Steam Cloud, Volcanic Eruption, Volcano, Yesterday Afternoon
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Keflavík International Airport was closed this morning because of the ash cloud from the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The wind direction has changed and the ash cloud is now blowing across southwest Iceland, although little or no ash fall is predicted in Iceland’s capital.
Tags: Airports, Ash Cloud, Ash Fall, Glacier, Southwest Iceland, Volcanic Ash, Volcanic Eruption, Wind Direction
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
The farmer Ólafur Eggertsson at Thorvaldseyri, whose farm is located at the base of Eyjafjallajökull glacier, has decided not to continue with grain and dairy farming next summer because of the damage ash and flooding has caused to his pastures.
Tags: Ash, Break, Dairy Farming, Glacier, South Iceland
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
It was another ‘gentle’ night at the volcano under Eyjafjallajokull in South Iceland, according to nearby emergency services. A small increase in the flow of the Markarfljott river at around 01.00 brought some ice down from the glacier, but the river returned to normal by this morning.
Meteorologists are predicting that ash fall today will mostly stay on the glacier and in the area to the west of it.
Scientists flew over the volcano again yesterday and confirmed that the eruption appeared to have calmed down since the day before. Only one of the three craters is still active and there is no flowing lava.
Ash fall in the coming days is expected to swing to the north and nortwest side of the glacier. It is possible that a small amount of ash will reach Reykjavik on Friday and Saturday; but health officials are not expecting any danger.
In celebration of the official first day of summer, an open house and party is being held for the public at the Heimaland guesthouse and tourist centre – as happens every year. The danger to Heimaland is considered minimal, but Red Cross volunteers are still on hand for the party between 11.00 and 17.00, all are welcome.
Photographer: Anders Peter Amsnæs / www.imagix.dk
Tags: Ash Fall, Celebration, Craters, Dk, Emergency Services, First Day Of Summer, Glacier, Guesthouse, Health Officials, Imagix, Lava Ash, Meteorologists, Open House, Photographer, Red Cross Volunteers, Reykjavik, Scientists, South Iceland, Tourist Centre, Volcano
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Ólafur Arnalds, a professor at the Agricultural University of Iceland, said the ash fall situation in the countryside south of the eruption site in Eyjafjallajökull glacier is not as bad as originally assumed.
Tags: Agricultural University, Ash Fall, Countryside, Glacier, South Iceland, University Of Iceland
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Activity at South Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano last night is described as ‘gentle’ and the current force of the eruption is barely 20 percent of its peak. All indications suggest that the volcano is only now erupting from one of its three craters.
Visir.is reports that some ash has still been falling near the glacier, but that it is in vastly reduced quantities. Earth scientists are careful not to call the end of the eruption too early, however – and all are currently saying it could intensify again.
Photographer: Anders Peter Amsnæs / www.imagix.dk
Tags: Ash, Craters, Dk, Earth Scientists, Glacier, Imagix, Photographer, Quantities, South Iceland, Volcano
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Former
RÚV reporter Ómar Ragnarsson flew over the three volcanic craters on Eyjafjallajökull glacier around 5 pm today and caught unique footage of the eruption. The video shows lava explosions in the largest crater and the shock waves that follow.
Tags: Explosions, Glacier, Iceland Volcanic Eruption, Lava, Shock Waves, Volcanic Craters
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The volcanic eruption in the glacier Eyjafjallajokull in South Iceland is continuing but at the moment with somewhat less force than before. The behaviour of the eruption has changed as the amount of ash has reduced substantially.
Tags: Ash, Glacier, South Iceland, Volcanic Eruption
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The amount of ash falling around the South Iceland Eyjafjallajokull glacier has reduced according to meteorologists – but that does not mean the eruption is coming to an end.
According to meteorologist Halldor Bjornsson, it is not possible to say the reduced ash fall means the eruption is winding down; but farmers are welcoming the development nevertheless. At its peak, 750 tonnes of ash were spewing out of the volcano every second. The eruption has been upgraded from small to medium in size.
According to journalist aviator Omar Ragnarsson, who flew over the volcano this morning, the intensity of the eruption does seem to have reduced noticeably from yesterday. Ash is being thrown up to a height of 15 to 16,000 feet, which is much lower than previously.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office is predicting ash fall to continue all around the edges of the glacier today. Southerly winds will bring rain later in the day and as it swings to the west, ash falls can be expected east of the Eyjafjallajokull glacier. Tomorrow the northerly wind is expected to return, blowing ash to the south, RUV reports.
Tags: Ash Fall, Aviator, Farmers, Glacier, Iceland Volcano, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Intensity, Journalist, Northerly Wind, Rain, South Iceland, Tonnes, Volcano Ash, West Ash
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
According to the police, the volcano in Eyjafjallajökull glacier was relatively calm last night and its activity has not changed. Last night and this morning two police cars monitored the area below the Eyjafjöll mountain range and at 6:30 am visibility at Ásólfsskáli was 500 meters.
Tags: Glacier, Iceland, Police Cars, Visibility, Volcanic Activity, Volcano
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