As if Covid-19 wasn't enough, now Krakatoa wants in on the act.

robfosters said:
Don’t know if it’s a load of rubbish, but I read once that if there’s a big enough eruption on the island of La Palma in the canaries, it could cause a huge tidal wave that could travel across the Atlantic and devastate much of the US eastern seaboard.
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Minusorange said:
Yes Cumbre Vieja - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja
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Yep - went there a couple of years ago, there's a decent hotel on the south western side of the island - you can see the tip of one of the volcanoes from the pool area. This is the side of the island that would apparently shear off if the catastrophic eruption happend, so it's literally at ground zero (but as far as I know the prospect of this happening has been questioned by a few bods in the know, so it might be mostly fear mongering, however, it's almost certain that an eruption will occur again at some point - think the last one was in the late 70s).

https://www.princess-hotels.com/en/hotels/la-palma/teneguia-princess

If you go to the southern tip of the island you can see the lava flows either side of the road, looked really surreal but was an eye opener to the power of nature.

If you don't mind a bit of trepidation it's a beautiful place to visit. Great for stargazing as well, the whole island is a UNESCO dark zone - there are a few Observatories on the highest peak that you can drive to - you literally drive through the clouds as you ascend up a winding road for about an hour or so.

I nicknamed the island Jurassic Park, it really does have the feel and atmosphere of a land lost in time.
 
2004typer said:
Yep - went there a couple of years ago, there's a decent hotel on the south western side of the island - you can see the tip of one of the volcanoes from the pool area. This is the side of the island that would apparently shear off if the catastrophic eruption happend, so it's literally at ground zero (but as far as I know the prospect of this happening has been questioned by a few bods in the know, so it might be mostly fear mongering, however, it's almost certain that an eruption will occur again at some point - think the last one was in the late 70s).

https://www.princess-hotels.com/en/hotels/la-palma/teneguia-princess

If you go to the southern tip of the island you can see the lava flows either side of the road, looked really surreal but was an eye opener to the power of nature.

If you don't mind a bit of trepidation it's a beautiful place to visit. Great for stargazing as well, the whole island is a UNESCO dark zone - there are a few Observatories on the highest peak that you can drive to - you literally drive through the clouds as you ascend up a winding road for about an hour or so.

I nicknamed the island Jurassic Park, it really does have the feel and atmosphere of a land lost in time.
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La Palma is a beautiful island for sure. We've stayed at that resort a few times.

This is the crater of the bigger volcano that erupted in the 70s. I don't think that the photo does it justice - it was pretty big. A search on Google Maps will show just how many volcanoes there are on the island and that, in fact, it obviously is just one big volcano like most of the Canary Islands. The size of the crater that formed the island is a whopper.

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The_Abyss said:
La Palma is a beautiful island for sure. We've stayed at that resort a few times.

This is the crater of the bigger volcano that erupted in the 70s. I don't think that the photo does it justice - it was pretty big. A search on Google Maps will show just how many volcanoes there are on the island and that, in fact, it obviously is just one big volcano like most of the Canary Islands. The size of the crater that formed the island is a whopper.

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It is definately a beautiful place - we went to the volcano above as well, as you say the crater is massive - my wife stayed near the visitor centre (doesn't like heights) - we were careful on the path up to the viewing platform - had to keep a close reign on the kids!
 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...kjanes-peninsula-iceland-disruption-centuries

Volcanic activity is escalating in a region of Iceland that has not erupted for 800 years, with scientists warning it could cause disruption for centuries to come.

Since 21 January, the Reykjanes peninsula south-west of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, has experienced more than 8,000 earthquakes and about 10cm of land uplift due to magma intrusions underground.

“It seems that after being relatively inactive for many centuries, this region is waking up,” said Dave McGarvie, a volcanologist at Lancaster University.

Situated close to the town of Grindavík and the popular Blue Lagoon tourist attraction, and only nine miles (15km) from Iceland’s international airport, the region last erupted about 800 years ago (though there have been more recent eruptions offshore). Geological evidence shows the area is fed by five volcanic systems, which seem to come to life in a coordinated way roughly every 1,000 years.
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Rroff said:
I seem to remember there was a spurt of activity along the Reykjanes ridge a few months back wonder if it is related.
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Probably is, this activity has been on going since January, there's quite a few volcano's getting activity since the start of the year too, I wonder if they're at all connected to the start of solar cycle 25
 
Well Iceland has at least two volcanoes that have produced significant eruptions in the past on numerous occasions examples being Kalta (1918) and Laki (1783). Their VEI rating was similar to Eyjafjallajökull but the eruption types seemed quite different and caused many worldwide issues (toxic gas releases). If the Reykjanes peninisula comes to life it could be bad for Iceland.
 
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