Iceland Volcano Eruption Update; Large Eruption Begins, Partially Explosive

A large volcanic eruption just began on Iceland’s populated Reykjanes peninsula, sending lava flows towards the town of Grindavik. As a fissure nearly 2 miles long erupted, something unusual occurred; ash emissions were created as the likely result of phreatomagmatic explosions in the southern part of the fissure. Lava is currently erupting at a rate of at least 1,100 cubic meters per second, a figure which may be an underestimate. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Frame grab from the Afartv livestream at... , Used with Permission. A special thanks to afarTV for allowing me to use their livestream footage of the Reykjanes eruption. Subscribe to afarTV at: afarTV’s Iceland livestream utilized in today’s video: If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: ) (YouTube membership: ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: ) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: ) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use“. If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at geologyhubyt@ and I will make the necessary changes. Sources/Citations: [1] / Iceland Met Office [2] Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes, 0:00 Iceland’s Volcano Erupts 0:19 Grindavik at Risk? 0:46 A Large Eruption 2:04 Explosive Eruption 3:11 Where Lava Might Flow