Bárðarbunga is still rumbling with quakes : en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/ Found an interesting 3D map of Bárðarbungas seismic activity below. The red points are the most recent, so it seems the latest activity is a lot higher up and closer to the center. So if these quakes are based on the movement of magma, then I guess that magma must be much closer to the surface. But according to the icelandic scineitsts - Earthquake measurements support the conclusion that the magma is still at 5-10 km depth. : en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947 One things to note is that if it erupts within the next few days, the wind direction would take the cloud directly over the UK: earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-352.75,65.77,333 Also with 100 cubic km of ash, you may find it will do more than just make flying planes hard, it could make driving cars imposiible right accross england. Just look at what happened in the summer of 1783 at the start of Delta minimum, when a long fissure opened up on Laki in southern Iceland and began spewing lava and volcanic ash. It created a choking haze and nauseous, sulphurous stench and in the lower atmosphere the sulphur dioxide dissolved in water vapour to produce sulphurous acid, which then fell as acid rain. - In some parts of eastern and central England entire families of farm workers who toiled each day outdoors, breathing in great lungfuls of polluted air, were virtually wiped out...Reports at the time stated that the fog was so thick boats stayed in port, unable to navigate. The skies became unrecognizable, with the sun at noon as blank as a clouded moon, but lurid and blood- coloured at rising and setting... ..As time wore on, the masking of the sun led to a severe drop in temperature and frost and ice were reported in many places in late summer!!! Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1268405/And-thought-THIS-eruption-nasty-When-Icelandic-volcano-erupted-1783-feared-end-world-.html#ixzz3B4Lkd6OY
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:15:23 +0000
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