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After Weeks of Warnings, Iceland Volcano Erupts in Plumes of Fire (www.nytimes.com)

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While Monday’s eruption was not unexpected, it was larger than volcanologists had been predicting and took place not far from an evacuated town and a power plant.

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[-] JoShmoe@programming.dev 13 points 9 months ago

Does anyone think a volcano in iceland should be spewing icy wind instead?

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 26 points 9 months ago

Would that mean Greenland volcanoes should spew leaves and grass?

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 10 points 9 months ago

And volcanoes in Finland spew fins...

What would come out of a Disneyland volcano?

[-] oo1@kbin.social 21 points 9 months ago

IP infringement law suits.

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Have you met a fin? I could see them quietly walking out of a pool of lava and into the woods.

[-] MustrumR@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Bribes with a noted demand to give them infinite duration patents and IP rights probably.

[-] JoShmoe@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Finland will be allowed to pass if their volcanoes spew long strands of spaghetti and tomato sauce. I don’t think there’s any connection but I still want to see it.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 points 9 months ago

Cryovolcanism is a thing, but not on earth.

[-] JoShmoe@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

That is pretty cool. I mean cold. I mean freezing.

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Iceland has one of the world’s most effective volcanic preparedness measures,

Is that because there are enough volcanoes for everyone to have their own? It is like Iceland takes Nordic socialism and even applies it to volcanos.

[-] Bebo@literature.cafe 4 points 9 months ago

From what I understand, it's just that Iceland is a geologically active zone and had earthquakes and volcanoes for centuries. So they are pretty much used to it. They also make some positive use of it by harnessing geothermal energy (from what I've heard).

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yes iceland is literally on the fault between two plates. The island is being pulled apart. But socialized volcanos are way funnier.

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

But as it's pulled apart, are volcanoes making more land, and growing the island's size?

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 9 months ago

They also make some positive use of it by harnessing geothermal energy (from what I've heard).

Japan on the other hand...

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I'd like my own volcano too!

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Go on Iceland Oprah?

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I'd have to learn the language then.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The location of the fissure, which is some 2.5 miles long and growing quickly, is not far from the Svartsengi Power Plant and the town of Grindavík, which was evacuated last month because of heightened seismic activity, leading to concerns than an eruption was likely.

In the initial assessment Monday night, volcanologists had said that the eruption had occurred in one of the worst possible locations, posing a significant and immediate threat to both the evacuated town and the geothermal power plant.

Lava is currently flowing just 2.5 kilometers north of Grindavík, or 1.6 miles, according to Kristín Jonsdottir, the head of the volcanic activity department at the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

However large the eruption, with the town of Grindavík evacuated, it currently poses no risk to people, a police official, Ulfar Ludviksson, told reporters.

The Blue Lagoon, one of Iceland’s top tourist destinations and located nearby, had reopened for guests on Sunday as concern that an eruption was imminent had diminished.

The authorities raised the aviation alert to orange, because a volcanic eruption could pose a risk to aircraft flying in the North Atlantic if ash spewed into the sky.

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