Iceland Quakes Wane But Uplift Continues: Geologist Discusses Data and Answers Viewer Questions

An update for Wed, Nov 29, 2023 on the geologic situation in Iceland. I address the recent data and address questions submitted by viewers. Stay strong, Iceland!
Support these educational videos! Your generous support allows me to create more educational geology videos. Send support via:
PayPal: www.paypal.com...
Buy Me: www.buymeacoff...
Venmo: @shawn-willsey
or click on the "Thanks" button above.
or a good ol' fashioned check to:
Shawn Willsey
College of Southern Idaho
315 Falls Avenue
Twin Falls, ID 83303
Reference: agupubs.online...
Here is a great, simple video on volcanoes and glaciers: • What Happens When A Vo...

[@shawnwillsey]

You can support my educational videos by clicking on the "Thanks" button just above (right of Like button) or by going here: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EWUSLG3GBS5W8 or here: buymeacoffee.com/shawnwillsey

[@RWBHere]

Thanks Shawn. I'm enjoying listening to all of your videos, especially when you explain geologic processes so clearly to us. This is the value of Q and A sessions like this one. And it's both unusual and amusing to hear someone from the USA using a cricket idiom! 'Sticky wicket', or 'batting on a sticky wicket' means that the task is difficult.

[@lavendersage5937]

I am 63, retired and I had a career in healthcare. I’m so glad I came upon your channel as you have really piqued my interest in geology. I live on lake superior so rocks are my new passion. Thanks as I am now loving learning about geology. I feel,like I’m back in university! Thank you so much! In my next life I’m going to be a geologist! Btw driving hubby crazy with all my new knowledge… 😊

[@henningerflats]

You better not become a teacher for the English language.

[@joane8651]

I'm feeling the same way, lived most of my life in Northern Michigan, have always been interested in the rocks there. This has been so fascinating, learning new things every time I watch these videos, (am almost 80.)

[@tracyjohnson2992]

I am the same way, driving my hubby nuts with my new knowledge I should have been a volcanologist but i stick to rocks and gems and the like. i have a small collection of rocks too. I am retired too because of ill health but i do what i like to do still. One of my goals is to ride a horse from one coast to another but i think i will need more than one horse and it will probably take months if i ever get there. A great way to see the country in all its wild state. Not for the faint of heart. Lots of wildlife here that's for sure.

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

Minnesotan here, with a life-long but non-professional interest in rocks (incl. Lake Superior agates in MN) and geology. Drove my husband nuts once by flying home from California with a suitcase full of rock samples. It’s a family joke now. “Waddya got in here, rocks?” “Um…yes.” Hahaha

[@dann2769]

Field trips!?! That would be awesome. I live just down the road from you…well I84 anyway. So hopefully our paths will cross someday.

[@aurgh9998]

Really appreciate your level-headed estimation of things going on there since there seems to be so much drama elsewhere.

[@carolyncasey8960]

I am 72 and watching on my smartphone, so as of today, I can finally see the cursor. Thank you! I love your videos and am learning a lot about geology.😊

[@davidroberts5577]

Thank you Shawn for all of your efforts to keep us all informed and updated; oh all your videos you share are also appreciated and extremely interesting, thank you.

[@drmichaelshea]

It delights me to see your success, Shawn. It proves what an excellent teacher you are and it shows that there are many people out there who are interested in the world around them and who are capable of understanding what is being said. Congratulations! I hope you can continue as a public figure after you sabbatical period comes to a close.

[@shawnwillsey]

Many thanks.

[@davidk7324]

You're a very patient teacher, Shawn.

[@loa81]

Love your random road cut videos. I loved road trips and the road cuts were the first geology peaking my interest about 5 yo. Almost 68 now with a ton of rocks and minerals in my shed! Appreciate the calm, informative reports on Icelandic situations without sensationalism. Feeling much concern for the displaced folks there. Thank you, once again!

[@suzanneemerson2625]

*piquing

[@loa81]

@@suzanneemerson2625 Hi! Yeah. Stupid spell checking. Usually three times typing the right spelling it won’t try to change it again! So, we’re not all stupid or illiterate. I CLEPed 16 hours of my English degree and It is embarrassing when spell check does this! I’ve noticed this is often the case with less used words. Archaic words really give spell check problems! I am guilty of incorrect punctuation it’s a bit of rebelliousness from a poor English teacher from early education! Something funny…my husband has a t-shirt with a t-Rex on the background overprinted with “Let’s eat children” on one line. The next line is “Let’s eat, children”. The last line states “Punctuation does matter”. I’m guilty! Have a sweet day!

[@HuntingtonTownshipWatch]

Thanks for the update. The question and answer segment was very informative.

[@jeanclemens4636]

God bless you, son, for the colored and larger icon. Yeah, I'm watching you on my little phone screen. Also, thank you for being a real scientist explaining your observations and reasoning, noting your limitations, and going into lots of detail. I really enjoy your videos.

[@kateclover874]

Thank you. I’ve learned so much from your reports.

[@stevewhalen6973]

Thanks! I'm glad geology is your passion 👍You surely picked the right passion.

[@bluewolfwalking]

I want to acknowledge you, Shawn, for how responsive you are to us, your followers. Thank you!

[@shawnwillsey]

My pleasure!

[@Shred_Rocket]

Thank you, Professor Willsey!

[@natcatsfarmlife]

Hello to the rest of the virtual geology learning team 👋 Came here for my mini science update while folding laundry and left with an unexpected mouse pointer trick to enhance my Zoom presentations at work 😅 Thank you Professor! Really appreciate the organized forethought put into prepping these updates.

[@stephanieparker1250]

Ahh I can’t wait to watch this later! I’m at work at the moment. Thanks again, Shawn, you’re work is appreciated! In case anyone is wondering, Shawn’s older videos on areas in the US are great, too!

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

Looking forward to watching more videos from you, and really appreciate the opportunity to learn. Great stuff. Happy travels!

[@michaelnancyamsden7410]

Good show. Very enlightening. Thank you. Safe travels.

[@judierickson7166]

I love your field based videos. Its never too late to learn something!

[@loisstanford8736]

Hi Shawn i love the updates from you and even though i am not a geologist i love that you say “ Hallo “ to the team .. you make us all feel special 😊. .. I’ve always loved rocks and when i travel i look at how different they are from all parts of this planet .. I’m in Sydney Australia but I’ve been to most other continents and to Iceland recently .. ❤

[@shawnwillsey]

I appreciate that! We are all part of the Learning Earth team.

[@chrism1864]

Thanks Shawn for sharing all this knowledge that you have. Lapping the information up like a sponge! :)

[@alanl.simmons9726]

Thank you for adjusting your pointer.

[@svwildflowerNAFO]

Thank you. It's been incredibly interesting, and I'm glad no further damage has been done. Hope it stays that way.

[@Glen.1966..]

Thanks for keeping us updated on Iceland and a great thank you for sharing you're knowledge and educational videos, keep up the great work Shawn! 👍👍👍😉

[@grzegorzmarczak317]

I'm glad that I foud this channel!

[@md8dc9]

Thanks for all the updates and informative presentation! Even though I'm hard of hearing, with earphones and sometimes the CC, I can hear your voice quite clearly. Those T-shirts rock, too!

[@md8dc9]

Can you do a Joshua Tree NP video sometime? That landscape is quite fascinating to me, and I'd love to hear the geology-oriented perspective. Cheers!

[@shawnwillsey]

stay tuned.....

[@mr.muppetfan]

(Sarah) Thank you for answering my question. I really appreciated that and the links you provided 😊

[@estellepretorius5099]

Thank you for doing these shows. Any talented teaching is breathtaking to me, and you have the talent for sure🐘🐘🐘

[@mom-ys9sb]

Thank you again Shawn for a very informative and interestingly presented conversation. Some really good questions answered. You really make geology something a lay person would like to delve into some more. Nice to hear from you .....thanks for the video !!!

[@michellejacobcik9946]

Thanks Professor Shawn for all your hard work. Looking forward to seeing your videos on the San Andras fault.

[@JNosewicz7569]

Same here. I live just a couple of miles from the San Andreas !😮

[@shawnwillsey]

stay tuned....

[@JNosewicz7569]

Thank you for all the updates and explanations! 🌋

[@steffenheinz1605]

thank you Shawn for your updates and discussion. 👍

[@janicemartin1580]

Thank you for all the updates. Very informative. Curser is better but bigger please and not green! It looks like all the green stars!

[@pookiedust2517]

Thankyou shawn love your updates, have a fab day everyone

[@maryt2887]

Thanks, Shawn. Enjoy your travels!

[@geoffburlinson8909]

Thank you very much. Great Q+A session. Have a great trip.

[@Swickman73]

Another excellent update and educational video. Those are some great questions and answers on complex geopolitical and social impacts of this and other natural disasters.

[@Tirani2]

Thank you for continuing to put these videos out so we can stay up to date on what's going on without the sensationalism. If in your travels, you find yourself down near Denver, we live just north of there and I would love to buy you a beer, or other tasty beverage of choice.

[@shawnwillsey]

Very kind. Thanks for the invite. Might be in CO next summer.

[@PedroB7494]

Really enjoy your updates on Iceland Shawn and that’s enticed me to watch all your other videos - great stuff. I studied geology at college in the UK and was totally hooked. 50 years on and you have reinvigorate me. Please let me know the plan for the live session, I’d like to join that here in Spain… Pete

[@miqsh70]

I’ve been asking about climate impact to volcanic activity for quite some time, thank you for explaining!

[@LEDewey_MD]

Great coverage! Planning on watching for aurorae tonight due to geomagnetic storm.

[@cynthiagair]

Thanks so much, Professor. Very clear as always.

[@Rachel.4644]

The increase in eruptions after decrease in glaciation does make sense. Thank you for the questions and answers!

[@General_Ethos]

Thanks for answering my question! Im really enthralled by geology and volcanology. It can be easy to study some aspects of our planet but to go down and actually look at the processes as they are happening at depth is another thing entirely. As humans we can’t do that unfortunately. We can collect drill cores but even that gets difficult as ground temps rise. Thanks again and I look forward to your future videos.

[@davidclark2286]

Ah i can just see the cursor now and folliw it when i find it but I using a phone. I had never found it before. About double the size or bolder would be nice for me and make it easier to find. Thanks. And thanks for the broardcssts, they are much appreciated even when i had to access the location of the cursor.

[@gloriacotten6183]

Thank you so much for sharing your expertise! We have people who are dear to us living in Iceland so we are quite concerned. Do you know how the wall around the power plant is progressing? Thanks so much!

[@michaelnaretto3409]

This thing has to be ready to erupt. I am anxious and I live in the USA. I can't imagine how anxious the good people of Iceland are feeling...

[@vicki90272]

Thanks for another great video - really interesting questions. I especially liked your answer about people living in areas of natural hazards, and whether or not they are scared. I do think the Icelandic people are very resilient and determined, based on the many I've spent time with. I wonder if there might be an interim solution to allow the fishing businesses (and maybe other business) to operate but create some alternatives for housing in another area. Difficult decisions for sure. I think your Icelandic pronunciations are getting better and better!

[@Peachtreedishes]

Thank you Shawn.

[@harmerdean]

Thank you for your updates.

[@dreamyjeannie3385]

Thank you Shawn for helping non professionals like me understand what is happening in Iceland. Earth changes are fascinating, thanks for the visual aids, a good old chart helps too, lol.

[@jenibylsma9845]

Thank you so much for another fabulous breakdown/discussion. Will look forward to your next video, hoping that the next round of news shows only good things for the people of Grindavik. 😁

[@peterhagen7258]

If you live in Charleston SC, then 2 inches of snow overnight is a crisis, but in Buffalo, NY, it is just another day in the winter. even 5 or 6 inches isn't a crisis there. in Minnesota, a week below zero (F) is not a crisis, just expected.

[@michellecurry5443]

As a geologist I am devouring all your geology episodes! ❤

[@shawnwillsey]

Glad you enjoy them. Thanks for your support.

[@Yetibiker67]

Professor Willsey is not only an excellent educator, but he is also a rather cool cat... don't think your Midnight Oil t-shirt a few weeks back went unnoticed ;).....as a M.O. fan, I noticed the subtle flex! Keep up the good work professor!

[@lesleyszetey2633]

Thanks!

[@laurafolsom2048]

Thank you!

[@pauljames5281]

New subscriber to your channel. Many thanks for your videos which are well explained. You do a great job..

[@shawnwillsey]

Awesome and welcome aboard. Enjoy perusing the existing catalog of videos here.

[@edithessenius6701]

And again, big thanks!

[@OneCatShortOfCrazy]

45 minutes video, Oh goodie 🤩

[@jsel6576]

Hi Shawn, thanks for the informative updates. I’m concerned about people going back to Grindavik because the town is sinking. A volcanologist who is from Iceland, has been there, and it’s been determined that the town is continuing to sink and will eventually be underwater. Although this could take decades, in my mind it’s a dangerous place to be. There are huge cracks in the roads and other areas, that I don’t think could ever be repaired and be safe. I heard you mention some people are back (temporarily)and work is being done on the infrastructure. Sounds like a waste of time and money.

[@OuchTh4tHurt]

Crust rebound after ice sheets melt can encourage magma to rise filling the void left by the crust as it rises due to less weight pressing down on the crust as the ice melts.

[@betelgeusemartins9445]

@Shawn Willsey. I have just started a bachelor of geology in Queensland Australia. I’ve learned a lot watching your old videos ( road cuts are my favourite ones and I’ve watched all of the minerals and rocks ID).Thank you very much. I really like your T-shirts; they are very cool ( the geology themed). Do you mind telling me where I can purchase them? Regards from Far North Queensland Australia

[@shawnwillsey]

Awesome. Be sure to soak up every educational experience. Some of my nerdy shirts were just from internet, others from specific organizations.

[@betelgeusemartins9445]

Thanks Shawn.

[@andrewrobertson9450]

Thanks again brother

[@karlharvymarx2650]

I have a question. I was impressed with the map that showed land rise and fall over a region. Are there maps like that except showing very small horizontal movements? I'd like to see local movement in Iceland as the large Atlantic region grows. Where can I find the vertical movement maps and hopefully some horizontal maps or raw data? It would be cool if there is an archive of the data so I could make a video of the movements over time.

[@kwgm8578]

Hi Shawn. I've no questions for you, having studied Geology, Volcanics, Mineralolgy, etc. thru our excellent adult education run at the University in Boulder. Then there's you excellent teachers who love their subject, like Nick Zentner in Central Washington, and your great roadshow that you've been doing in Idaho, and this year in Yellowstone , Oregon, along the hotspot trail, down into California. It was Halka Chronic's Roadside Geology of Colorado that first got my Interest up. Thank you for sharing your passion. Ill be tuning in again. -- kurt Matthias in Longmont. I spent my school.days in the SF Bay area and could show you some California tectonic sites, where the San Andreas goes out to sea (just off Seal Rock in southern Pacifica. They've made the area a coastal walkway where you can walk out to look down at the fault from a few hundred feet up at Devils Slide. Now there's a tunnel, which was needed for 25 years. Well, It's late, friend, and I'm tired. Sleep tight!

[@JackMenendez]

Thank you for your wonderful and educational videos. Can the lower Earthquake activity and continued ground deformation be interpreted as the magma finding an underground reservoir to fill without breaking rock?

[@cynthiateitsch-cr5hj]

Great content!

[@seanm637]

Hello Shawn. Thank you so much for your level headed explanations regarding the situation in Iceland esp around Grindavik. I have a question. When I heard of the plates tearing apart I had this horrible thought that Iceland was tearing apart however I now understand this is not the case. Do i understand correctly that as the plates pull apart that the underlying magma can run in the fill or seal the rift? Does this mean that Iceland is in effect growing in land area? I never studied geology but I do have a huge fascination in volcanoes. Many thanks from Australia.

[@alanl.simmons9726]

Thanks! BTW in an earlier vid you mentioned the power plant supplies electricity and water . Is it correct to assume it is house heating water and not potable water?

[@icelandlive]

We don't drink it even though it's probably safe (I couldn't find an official source though, sorry) in many places. Some places use heat exchangers so you're really getting heated freshwater but others (like Reykjavík) mix in some water from low-temperature boreholes that can be seen scattered around town which makes the water taste weird. Tourists will sometimes complain of the smell but you get used to it :). We do bathe in it and use it for heating purposes though (house, driveway, sidewalk etc.). Low-temperature boreholes have been mentioned as potential backup for towns on the peninsula if the power plant needs to be replaced. It takes time to find them and drill for the water though and the water is only around 50°C instead of around 90°C.

[@shawnwillsey]

I think it supplies both. But hot water for sure. And electricity. Thanks for your kind donation.

[@truckerallikatuk]

The smart solution to Grindavik's future, is to ban future house building in the town, and to expand the smaller villages east and west instead. Add some public transport to help those new homes connect with Grindavik and the rest of Iceland. As the town is in a location prone to eruptions and other geologic events, expanding it would be unwise. However, giving the citizens the option to remain local, even if somewhat spread would be as good an option as any.

[@ticksunbs4944]

QUESTION In this video you mentioned that glaciation decreases volcanic activity in the poles but does glaciation decrease the ocean level and decrease the hydrostatic pressure making submarine volcanoes more active?

[@realityjunky]

I know some people want the eruption to happen because it's entertaining but sometimes, most of the time actually, geology is SLOW. But that doesn't mean it isn't wonderful! Rock on S. Willsey!! These updates are truly fun! Yeah, get sassy with the colors, why not? (The big yellow letters in the thumbnail caught my eye because I wanted to know why the geologic changes were affecting encephalization quotients. Forgive me, I'm super tired but it really made me laugh.😊)

[@ChrisGVE]

@shawnwillsey your answer to the question "Is the population aware of the risk living in Iceland" (paraphrasing) made me think about the movie Dante's Peak, where we could see the antagonistic relationship between politicians and geologists leading the first group to put their head in the sand. Now beyond the hollywood general lack of subtlety for such catastrophe movie, what's your view on real life relationship between the economical/political and the scientific aspects of geological risks in Iceland (which seems good) and elsewhere. Thanks again for your great non-clickbait content, I really enjoy it.

[@jeffbybee5207]

People tend to stay at their homeplace. Was watching a series on the last 10 days of the European War. There was one young lady who lived through the Russian take over of Berlin and yet afterward fell in love with a doctor who lived in the Russian zone and ended up behind the iron curtain for 42 years before the wall fell. That seems much more dangerous than the fairly quiet eruptions Iceland mostly has

[@jasonlambert5552]

If you're interested, the story of Harry R. Truman and the Mt. Saint Helens eruption in 1980 is similar and fascinating.

[@Vulcano7965]

As he said, icelanders are well aware of the quirks of their volcanic island. They experienced more divers volcanic eruptions in their lifetimes than many other nations and probably even among other volcanic islands (roughly one eruption every 5-ish years which can be effusive or explosive, combined with other unique volcanic risks such as glacial floods). I know there aren't supposed to be stupid questions but the assertion in all caps, that icelanders might not know that they are on an island being split in half made me chuckle.

[@ChrisGVE]

@@jasonlambert5552 Is there a book or a source you could recommend?

[@RonSantiniPhoto]

Shawn, Are there continuous feeds of Iceland volcano data I can bring into ArcGIS Pro? If so, could you point me to the sources? Thanks!

[@videofurniture]

I grew up in Auckland NZ you really need to visit there lots of geology

[@shawnwillsey]

It's on my list. Just need a plane ticket...

[@jonerlandson1956]

*i think...* your pointer... the point... should be the most obvious thing on the board.... without having to seek it out.... fire alarm orange or something fluorescent...

[@icelandlive]

Just to add a little detail about "safer" areas: I believe the most devastating natural disaster in modern times in Iceland happened in the West fjords. It was an avalanche in the 90's that buried 45 people and killed 20 in Flateyri. I can't think of a completely safe area. Some of the most prosperous parts of the countries are around geothermal areas for a reason: Cheap electricity and hot water. Move to some of the geologically older parts of the country and heating becomes more expensive and challenging and you'll have different risks, mostly because the towns there are nestled within deep fjords under steep hills.

[@magnuszerum9177]

If the uplift is continuing but the quakes are way down, I would be concerned about pressure building up that could lead to a particularly explosive eruption.

[@julianagay5066]

Question: Do the local mountains have enough weight to effect where the magma goes? Is this a consideration when they model where they think the lava will erupt?

[@canadiandork]

Love this. So interesting to me (a layman). I appreciate it.

[@janetdunn8220]

Safe journey and love rocks. Look forward to hearing about your trip❣️🦋❣️🪨🏔🌋⛰️😊

[@zweispurmopped]

The correlation between arm and icing eras and volcanic activity makes me think that there may be a cycle caused or enhanced by volcanos there: We have seen the effect of volcanic eruptions on weather. Could it be that SO₂-emissions and others can have such intense impact on the atmosphere that they trigger ice ages? Could there be an underlying geologic feedback loop going like ·Warm era, volcanism increases ·Atmospheric effects caused by volcanism cool down bigger landmasses to a point that big glaciers accumulate, albedo of the landmass rises, cooling intensifies ·Ice age follows, volcanic activity slowly reduces until at some point some events end the icing again.

[@DFSJR1203]

I believe the magma if it breaks the surface in Iceland will be centered on Hagafell. It will then possibly open the ground north and south of that area to magma intrusion. I am trying to see how close I am if anything happens.

[@peterhagen7258]

I see 2 quakes today at 0.1 km, above magnitude 1, just north of Grindavik, at local time 0855 and 0924 (which is UTC)

[@IAM0973D3]

Ready for the next video Bear Lodge (“devils tower “). (Reuters) - Spiritual leaders of the Sioux and more than a dozen Native American tribes want U.S. officials to rename Devils Tower, an iconic rock formation and national monument in Wyoming that has religious and cultural importance to the tribes

[@DABmonger]

Professor Thorvaldur Thordarson (Professor in Petrology & Volcanology at the University of Iceland) reckons that there is no connection between climate change and volcanic activity. Perhaps we should let him know about these findings you mention in your video! To be precise though, the question given to him in the video "Volcano Watch 2023: A Volcanologist's Update on Safety, Grindavík, The Blue Lagoon & More" by @TheReykjavikGrapevine was the following: "Do you think there is a link between the current activity and climate change?". ie the above question is specifically to do with the current volcanic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The interviewer then asks: "And what's happening above ground, the glaciers melting, or anything like that, doesn't have any impact on how quickly those plates are moving?". To which the answer was "No".

[@DABmonger]

Just to add to the above, as you allude to in the video, the recent activity is tectonic, so although climate change can affect volcanic activity, it has no effect on tectonic activity? @TheReykjavikGrapevine

[@basara5496]

Shawn the ice age/volcanism connection is a correlation/causation or chicken/egg problem. The ice melting and temperature rise could be from increased CO2 and albedo changes from ash deposits on the glaciers, from an increase in volcanic activity, more than the opposite. In fact it is probably likely that there's a feedback loop in play, where increased volcanism and CO2 results in ice melt that the reduction in pressure then leads to further eruptions. Too many of the studies I've seen seem to ignore or downplay the increase in volcanic activity in the seas and in ice-free areas in the same time periods, to promote a more catastrophism based position for less than honest reasons.

[@mkejaws]

There has been plenty of discussion about the depth of the magma dike as well as how wide it is. HOW THICK IS THE MAGMA DIKE (CENTIMETERS OR METERS) OR IS IT DEPENDENT UPON THE ROCK IT IS RESIDING IN OR FLOWING THRU?

[@GregMeadMaker]

Is the population aware of the risk living in ___________? FILL in the Blank. Where in the world is there NO RISK? --warm greetings to all; much gratitude to Shawn Willsey

[@deadastronaut2440]

"Landslides" "magma tunnels".. our met office needs to up their translation game :D

[@wardsdotnet]

IF YOU STICK A BALLOON BETWEEN TWO BOOKS ON YOUR BOOKSHELF AND INFLATE IT, IS THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT THE DIKE IS DOING? OR MAYBE INTO A PILE OF LEGO BRICKS

[@Emilien-hy3sy]

QUESTION: Why aren't there more Lava lakes around the world? Can't the magma pressure stabilize at the surface?

[@robertswenson4618]

Please make marker even bigger still hard to follow. Also please explain the seismic graphs there are several, some.different, red dots, etc

[@efretheim]

Some day, if this stops without an eruption and it's been long enough for the sill to cool, would it make sense for the volcanologists to tunnel or drill down 500m and get samples of new rock to confirm their estimate of the sill depth? Would practical experiments like this be worth the cost of the drilling?

[@videofurniture]

3pm live would cut out most of us living in EST as that's rush hour.

[@missmjl2468]

Hi Shawn What can you tell us about the Italian volcano. It seems it is the new iceland!

[@reekoreeko1857]

What incredible events that ha vs been going on in that area these last few years. A lot must have been learned about volcanism and a lot more questions too. I watched the first eruption from the very beginning. I lost a lot of beauty sleep. The second was an incredible display of waxing and waning. the third was, for me, worrying in that I feared it was going to get worse. This current situation is a different worry, for the people. I fear this is going to become the norm for a long time if graphs and timelines can be relied on. I am sure locals will take it in their stride. QUESTION, if you see this shawn, how large is the hot spot the blue lagoon gets it heat source from compared to this intrusion and could it be exploited for power I n the future? Thanks again for your mindful videos. And funky mouse pointer, to crazee.

[@GrandmaBev64]

Hello. I'm seeing two huge circles, with red and white striped towers in the middle of them. They look like giant clocks with smaller circlrs that look like planets or something. Do you know what these are?