Iceland Eruption Localizes To Several Vents: Geologist Analyzes New Data

[@shawnwillsey]

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[@cathiewichman5402]

I homeschool my granddaughter. As part of our Science studies, we have been following your presentations on this situation in Iceland.

[@DABmonger]

A near 30 min update for a person that doesn't have a lot of time to spare! - really appreciate this extensive update.

[@marywolf1824]

Since the eruption started, you've been doing a stunning amount of work to keep us informed and educated. You appear to be doing a dozen things at once during your latest videos...and the quality is as excellent as ever. Much appreciated, thank you!

[@stephencarter1442]

You and Nick ignited a Spark in me, I love geology now that I have a 2nd grade level. You Inspire me Thanks Shawn, I appreciate all your efforts, I love the Knowledge its empowering..

[@Grateful_Dad_54]

Thanks for taking the time to update us, Shawn! Much appreciated!

[@StirlingLighthouse]

Your careful and cautious interpretations are outstanding. Thank you Shawn 🙏

[@alisalavine1052]

Shawn, THANK YOU for the hours and energy you've spent on this eruption. You've been a rockstar. I hope you get a chance to sleep soon.👊

[@janedaley6871]

I found you yesterday on the 2 hr live. There were over 15k watching!! I've come across several small channels since the '21 eruption but nobody gives the details and explanations like you do. Awesome coverage 👍 Thank you for the time and effort. Subbed immediately.

[@CanuckBeaver]

Good details no one else is explaining, on KZbin in English. As a retired Earth Science teacher in Canada, I like your references to how it affects people. The chart shows 150 mm above the original level, which is 6 inches, then it drops to 200 mm below datum, 10 inches. Within about one day, it drops 16 inches. I don't know the horizontal distance for slope angle, but people in buildings at the power plant and water pools should have noticed the tilt. That was first in late Oct, then recently.

[@sfos4898]

Your explanations really provide clarity to what is happening. Thank you for all your work. Thank you for being willing to take the time to share your insights.

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Please don't begin with apologies or self-deprecating remarks about your disorganized program. (I speak as a retired speechwriter.) You are giving all of us the great gift of your interpretation and knowledge. Make a positive of everything you do and say: "Many interesting things have happened since I last talked with you, and so here's a quick report." OR "I appreciate your interest and I have put together a brief update." That sort of thing.

[@Whtwngd]

Agreed. Perhaps it is the result of teaching youngsters for many years. WE ARE THE ONES who are glad you are here! You don’t have to hope we like your information, WE are blessed to have your enthusiasm for Geology to feed our thirst. I also follow the live Iceland coverage and saw you in the chat room there. They love you and have made a shortcut in chat that takes people straight to your channel. How wonderful is that! Oh yeah ❤

[@johnmarshall6702]

I've worked in Engineering environments all my life, and we always start a technical presentation by defining the limitations of data and/or preparation and analysis time. Presuming things are moving too fast to fully prepare for each presentation. In other words, it sounded absolutely normal to me, After all, you aren't selling soap,

[@oldtop4682]

Ya know, the media has paid little attention to this until lava started flowing. Buy you, good sir, have stayed with this story! Thank you!

[@zoddmark5873]

Which specifically? As soon as the town was evacuated and all the earthquakes started up a month ago I saw articles on pretty much every major english media outlet. There's not a whole lot to report on other than to say "Nothing else has happened yet."

[@deltalima6703]

Media said it erupted "without warning". Media is parhetic.

[@DonnaCsuti-ji2dd]

😂so true we are all thankful for your efforts and videos. Have a wonderful Holiday with your family

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

​@@deltalima6703 Media also said it was "explosive". Also showing that they're clueless.

[@steveegbert7429]

Seems that most media wants to be dramatic for hits rather than factual. I appreciate Shawn for giving straight facts without the drama.

[@markpashia7067]

Can't thank you enough for an even helpful explanation of events. I have sampled other channels here on KZbin that are alarmist and fake titles to get views and very much just repeating the news without the geology behind it like you give us. I found you early in this event and so appreciate what you do as I am just a lay person without much background in geology. Just what public schools taught me fifty years ago and normal curiosity over a lifetime.

[@1ACL]

He's the best, for sure!

[@deltaleader227]

Thank you for your time Shawn we appreciate all the time you give us

[@Loki_Morningstar666]

I wish I had you for a geology teacher in college. It's so fascinating how much of the past we can reconstruct from studying the rocks.

[@1amybean]

What a fantastic teacher you are. I’ve learned a lot from your videos! I’m also very glad to have passed through Iceland in recent years and seen its beauty from both ground and air. What a fantastic opportunity this is to see our planet at work, building away through this volcanic process. Wishing all Icelanders well, wishing all others assisting and studying there well…and wishing you well, Shawn! Thank you so much.

[@kathywhalen8850]

Thank you Professor for your educational updates. I have learned a lot.

[@georgewaters6424]

Most definitely appreciated. You are absolutely my favourite "Rock Star" 🤩

[@TheTikiMan]

Thanks again for sharing your expertise with us!

[@heidarkarls]

Thanks for a fair representation of the situation. Your Icelandic is getting better :)

[@karenmulcahy3273]

Thank you for your great videos- always feel like you’re the source of truth! Happy Holidays❄️

[@shawnwillsey]

Thank you kindly.

[@burningchrome70]

Thank you Shawn! I really appreciate you bringing us great information and the knowledge we need to fully understand it.

[@haroldtanner9600]

Loved you analysis of the modeled lava flow projection!

[@shonaguthrie848]

Hi Shawn from Sydney Australia. 1130am here. Thanks for sharing again.

[@rickr7599]

Yes sir!.....I agree with the many others--Thank You....for your tireless work ethics. We all wish safety to all in Iceland.

[@elizabradley4797]

MSM are going crazy giving inaccurate news ~ Glad you are here Shawn Excellent overview of proximities of lava flow & expectants of east west north possibilities in relation to 'The Road' as shown on your map ~ also scenarios of upcoming days & potentiality progress of flow throughout 25 December ~ Again Thank You Very much Proffeseur ~

[@silmarian]

Even sites that aren’t usually awful are obviously playing citation telephone. Place A gets it wrong but B doesn’t know and copies then, then C repeats B because they think it’s usually reliable and don’t double check, then D copies C and B….

[@julietcollins8892]

I'm really enjoying your updates Shawn. Thank you so much!

[@sheilagraham8543]

Once again. Thanks for your reporting on the current eruption.

[@jameswingert9596]

Grindavik, we're with you! No lava in Grindavik, please!!!🙏🏽 💪🏽🤙🏽🙂

[@juliebarsky6761]

Thank you so much for taking your time and expertise to teach us all about volcanic eruptions. This has been great! I look forward to continued watching.

[@Meggligee]

Thank you so much Professor Willsey! I get so much joy in learning and “nerding out” over geology and volcanology in your videos! I am definitely planning to reschedule my Iceland trip (canceled from 2020 a COVID) for 2025 to see all the amazing places that make up Iceland and its fantastic people! I appreciate the facilitation in my ongoing geology education just from your videos alone. Keep up the great work!

[@gamergirl411]

I have loved all your information, even explaining to my daughter your beachball example. I live not far from where a lava flow formed a corridor where we always swim. The formation in the land/rocks are fascinating. The Molalla River Corridor if you ever want to see it. In the PNW we are in the ring of fire. Watching these fountains are mesmerizing. I want all in Iceland to be safe and it's still on my bucket list to visit. ❤

[@chrlmlln9018]

Very good! Thank you sir, so very much, for this clarifying update! Wishing you a new blessed day and night! /from Sweden!

[@Ohmy1956]

Thanks for the diligence you are putting into your updates

[@CayeCooper]

I so appreciate the time you have taken to share your knowledge and inform us about the volcano in Iceland. I especially appreciate your academic approach to what's happening because several other "sources" have bordered on sensationalism rather than pure reality. Many thanks Shawn!

[@hadston_HF]

Clear, consice plain talking, understandable. I'd think your students are very lucky to have you. When i did my B.Ed & masters in geology & geography back in the 70's. No computers, stuck in the mud old professors. How would they have followed this eruption. But I applaud you Sir. Now get on and entertain us with this eruption.

[@tthappyrock368]

Thank you for going through that modeling of where the lava will likely flow!

[@Rachel.4644]

This is helpful to understand the progress of this vulcanism and the risk assessment process. Of course we are hoping the power plant, Blue Lagoon and Grindavik are relatively unaffected. There's sure a lot to learn! I hope you can break for the holiday. ❤️

[@Gladys7477]

Shawn, thanks for all your work here. I love the way you explain different events and concepts. Sometimes I know what other sites say but I like to come here to verify.

[@TheEarthMaster]

I do enjoy your insight and knowledge

[@oldmanfromoc7684]

Thank you from California, good lock be well and safe!

[@bobbenson6825]

Great info. Thanks for taking the time to post these.

[@yomogami4561]

thanks for the update dr shawn

[@chrisl7839]

Thank you Shawn! I used to work at the old Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and I loved the geology of the area! I loved The Craters of the Moon, and friends and I explored lava tubes in the desert around the gov't facility. I'll be watching more of your videos. Thank you for your Iceland updates too.

[@melissasueh.]

Thank you Shawn, from Rexburg. Having spent a lot of time on our Park Pass, in Yellowstone and the Tetons, my family finds all of this fascinating.

[@rubato88]

Another great update Professor. Yours are some of the most informative and clearly explained. Thank you. Looking forward to the next update.

[@dianespears6057]

Many thanks. The coverage over the weeks has been meaningful. You are connecting interested world citizens to a community on a small island in a big ocean by sharing knowledge.

[@saywhat8966]

Thank you Shawn, you pulled up a great understandable map of the most recent flow.

[@dancooper8551]

Excellent! Thanks again. Your first video on this eruption has over 335K views.🌋👍

[@kevinberrien745]

I appreciate your time especially during the busy holiday season.. great update as always.

[@rjdbncom]

Thanks Shawn !!! Great update especially the geochemical update !!!!

[@vicki90272]

Thanks for this update and for all the time you're putting into this. The modeling of the future lava flows is especially interesting. The weeks of anticipation were helpful for the authorities in Iceland as you said, and also very helpful for those of us who have been following your channel since Nov. 10. What we've learned from you along the way helps us understand what's happening now.

[@delilahboa]

I appreciate all you do to help us understand ❤

[@atengawolsrep]

This was the best update yet!!!I

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Thank you Professor Shawn :) QC

[@nav662007]

Thank you for the update, Doc! I think we are all glad the current situation seems to preserver Grendavík, the Blue Lagoon and the power station.

[@leobrooks3883]

Thanks professor, excellent updates. Please keep it up, but also get some rest. I've been telling every one I see about your channel. All our thoughts and prayers for the people displaced from their homes and lively-hoods.

[@wayneNtampa]

Thanks for making all this info and education accessible!

[@ellenbryn]

Thanks as always. Heading out to visit my folks in Ogden on the Lake Bonneville bench next to Weber Canyon- your Utah geo vids are what first brought me to your channel. (I should check and see if you'vr uploaded any from your SoCal trip, where I am - no rush; this time of year is crazy.) But witnessing baby Pu'u O'o in 1986 gave me a lifelong fascination with more dynamic geology, so I'm right here tuning in to your unpaid volcanology classes, and very appreciative of all the extra work you do teaching while sharing your passion and compassion for the fascinating but locally extremely inconvenient subject. (And also, apologies to the Icelanders for being spectators to a local catastrophe; feel free to be geologically fascinated by southern California's fires and earthquakes. Because let's face it, the power of the planet is fascinating, we just don't want it to cause major harm to people and their animals and homes.

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

Thanks for the informative and helpful update- very appreciated!! Is it worth talking about dangerous gases that might travel to occupied areas? How do scientists calculate or estimate the amount of danger from gas emission? Is that tied to the type of volcano? *One tip: “J” is pronounced like an American “Y” in Norwegian and Swedish, so I would expect it’s the same in Icelandic. Ex: “Janda” is “Yanda.” As far as I’ve been able to find, you’re the only reliable and timely source of good info among KZbin channels, so please continue! TX! After recently watching some of your videos about giant-sized past eruptions, suddenly watching a live eruption that is much smaller, but still incredibly impressive, adds some jaw-dropping scale to those past eruptions. Double wow.

[@SheplerStudios]

Really appreciate your updates on this, a big thanks!

[@valoriel4464]

Thx for all your work arranging Drone last nt. Was awesome. Good team work. ✌🏻

[@UTubeQu1che551]

I appreciate the clear explanations.

[@arnie111999]

Excellent review, thank you!

[@crocutalcorvus444]

Good information! Thank you from Norway

[@1ACL]

You really do a great job explaining what's happening, and are the only channel I watch now. (Except to see spectacular pictures of the eruption)

[@allensmith4858]

Thank you for keeping us up to date. My wife and I were right there until recently and made friends, and fell in love with Iceland.

[@sherylbentick8085]

Thank you so much for your updates, I really appreciate your science based content and your delivery which is done in a very approachable manner and without hyperbole. Geology was not my favorite subject when I was in school but I have developed an interest in it due to watching your videos that are of a non-volcanic nature. Thank for taking the time to do this. Kind regards, Sheryl (from Australia)

[@georgefranklin3222]

Thank you so much for a very interesting, informative update.

[@mathildameier8340]

Question.. you mentioned the wind direction and it's impact of the lava flow if I understood it right. I'd never thought that the wind would have any impact.. Could you elaborate a little bit on that? Thanks again for all the great updates!

[@M_Ladd]

Great job! Thank you very much!

[@davidsaunders6268]

Thanks Shawn. Really enjoying your updates here in Toronto. I have been to Iceland once so the area is familiar.

[@nononsenseBennett]

GREATLY appreciated!❤❤❤

[@1ACL]

Very cool and good point about how lava doesn't always flow like water does. It's making a new Earth, new topography.

[@jodymitchell1111]

Stupendis info as usual. Thank you for the explanations, amalgamating a few sources of info. cheers

[@dainashutte4504]

Thank you, Shawn, for your explanations of the information and data coming out of Iceland. I find it fascinating, as I myself live in the Pacific Northwest, in Portland, surrounded by volcanoes, and occasionally visit Mt. St. Helen’s, and see the land changes, post the 1980 eruption. I’ve also been to the Hawaii Volcano National Park on the Big Island, and seen some small vents with oozing lava. Exciting stuff to see firsthand with the live webcams. Again, many thanks!!

[@maryt2887]

Thanks, Shawn, for the update. Good to know the possibilities as the eruption continues, and good news so far for the town of Grindavik.

[@kathycollins2746]

Thank you so much for these informative updates.

[@bluewolfwalking]

I don’t even bother reading any other reports concerning this recent volcanic activity - I just wait for the Shawn Report.

[@bethbowers4655]

Thanks for kor continueing to keep us informed about whats happening. This map reslly shows clearly where the lava is and where the infrastrastructure is. And its extra fun to get the info from a semi local (I’m in Boise) thanks for the update dates. Merry christmas Beth

[@megleslie]

Echoing everybody else's sentiments with the gratitude for all the time and hard work you've put in. Scientists and science communicators like yourself who make big, alarming situations accessible and understandable are global treasures. You might not be able to make the situation better, but you're giving us laypeople the information and baseline knowledge to look at things without doomscrolling or catastrophising. Thank you.

[@svwildflowerNAFO]

I've been following your updates from Alaska and am really enjoying them. I've been through Iceland once, just long enough to want to go back, so this is especially fascinating.

[@goodoakpress]

I'm enjoying your videos. Very informative and interesting.

[@Kangaroo_Caught]

Thanks for your continued interest and efforts. It's good to see non-sensationalised coverage.

[@Raven-Creations]

Thanks again for the update. Your efforts are definitely appreciated. So far, it's not looking too bad for the people of Grindavik, but we've seen how quickly things can change, so it'd be premature to celebrate yet. One thing's certain, this will be a Christmas they'll never forget. I'm sure everyone's best wishes go out to them. Icelanders tend to be quite stoical, and make the most of whatever life dishes out to them. I hope this fortitude stands them in good stead over the coming days, weeks, and months.

[@teardowndan5364]

If the area rises again, not only does it mean that input is greater than output, but also that the magma that is chilling closer to the surface is being replenished with pippin' hot fresh stock to bring the temperature back up and prime the system for the long run. I'd imagine this also comes with considerable re-melting and erosion along existing channels.

[@Lisl14]

Dear Shawn, I’m so happy I found you and your channel! Thanks for sharing your stories!!! ❤❤❤

[@gonemadinnz]

Loving your work! Thank you!

[@brucetidwell7715]

Last night the flow rate was 100-150 cubic meters so a quarter of that is 25-30 cm. That is still 2-3 times what the earlier eruptions produced.

[@msmith3395]

14:00 The ground uplift/fall data looks like possibly a periodic pattern could be setting up? An eruptive episode every 1-2 months?

[@aevanhoutte]

Great updates-I stay up late to see them in Belgium.

[@kathynelson8727]

Thank you so much for helping us learn geology and understand what is happening and why. Your words and visuals are so well presented and interesting. Thank you!

[@richardwest9054]

Great work as always, thanks for "keeping it real". I wondered about your contour interpretation yesterday; thanks for the correction.

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

Just want to add my thanks for your coverage of this eruptio. So good to get the scintific data, and links to websites I’d never have found.

[@JulesTools23]

Fascinating, thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight’s on an ever changing, dynamic world event! I’m grateful for having you as my go-to geologist, especially during this unique volcanic activity. I don’t need to search for the most interesting sites to obtain quality, up to date information throughout the day/night, for you have it all for us as things progress. Take extra care of yourself and hopefully get some much needed sleep when possible.

[@tomc6122]

Wouldn't it be expected that the initial bolus of magma would appear "evolved" since it's interaction with crust rock while forcing it's way to the surface would result in dilution/contamination of the source magma? Perhaps, as the eruption progresses, the magma will appear less evolved.

[@hans-uelijohner8943]

What happens to the drillings of the power plant with all that ground movement ant tremors?

[@jeanie8831]

Thank you.

[@imhotepvisage]

Thank you Shawn. I have a question; could you mark the other two recent volcanoes and show us on the map. Then my question is whether there are theories why the eruptions move to new locations. In this video it stated the magma is quite similar indicating it is from the same source. So why did it bypass the previous fracture zones which were established and still hot and more fluid?