What Next for 2020? Volcanoes of Course!
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Just have to hope it runs out of steam before consuming the rest of the town
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My friend is in Iceland currently, she posted this 
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Looks like it has run out of magma already, imagine being one of the 3 house owners unlucky enough for their house to be consumed
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From the sounds of it there a real possibility that residents will never be able to reoccupy the town, so its probably a bit bittersweet for the residents. Some geologists are suggesting this could be the start of a long term volcanic phase in that region with talk of possible decades, even centuries of activity there.
Could just as easily be done now, but from what they are suggesting the area is still very much active and more fissures are expected in the near future.
Could just as easily be done now, but from what they are suggesting the area is still very much active and more fissures are expected in the near future.
Seems odd that such a small amount of magma after that uplift.
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Sounds like uplift has started again, so more magma to erupt in a different spot, possible in the middle of Grindavik, could happen by end of the month
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Bit of a nightmare situation with the worker who fell into one of the cracks, horrible way to go! But the repairs they were trying to perform did sound horrendously dangerous, especially in that unstable area!
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Great timing for the hotel review guy
Yeh that'l be a video hit for him!
It's actually a joke amongst the natives.. the blue lagoon should be blue.. but it's more sea green.. the other smaller lakes around are truly blue but they don't allow humans to bathe in those..
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I always found the Blue Lagoon funny because it's literally the waste water from the geothermal plant nearby, but fair play to Icelandic genious in turning it into a massive cashcow for them!
10% of Icelanders without heating now.
Iceland volcano lava nears Grindavik in new eruption
An expert says the latest flare-up on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is the most powerful so far.
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People are thinking there may be a long eruption soon based on the routing of the lava.
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Long eruption ahead!? Now Volcano fed directly from deep chamber! Walls might fail...
Long lasting eruption might be ahead and Grindavik is not ready for that. There are indications that the 6 erupting craters are fed directly from the deeper ...
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Yes it seems it's drawing on lava that built up in the previous intrusion that didn't erupt and possibly from elsewhere
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Seems like Iceland has quite a few of their volcanoes becoming unsettled now