Iceland's Newest Volcanic Island; The Eruption of Surtsey

[@Boop__Doop]

hello from vestmannaeyjar i love when people talk about our little island. 1:32 i did not know that, can you please make like an hour long video going into detail about all the volcanos on Heimaey or atleast a 10 min one :) . ive been a fan of yours for a while and enjoy when you upload something new for us to learn about volcanos.

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

I wonder how we could support vestmannaeyjar in such a project. Vestmannaeyjar: do you like chocolate chip cooki;es? The flaw in my suggestion is that my son was stationed in Kuwait many years ago and I sent him a box of CCCs, each one loving wrapped in bubble wrap, and they still arrived as a collection of crumbs

[@margreetanceaux3906]

In 1978 my parents and I were flying from Luxemburg to New York, with a stopover on Iceland. When approaching the Iceland’ coast, my father was invited into the cockpit, where the pilots pointed out the then 16-year old Surtsey!

[@MrKorton]

15. Learn addition😊

[@mikezittritsch3888]

Buddy I say this with the utmost respect, but do us a favor and get stuffed with that smug, snarky bullshit.​@@MrKorton

[@watchwoman.726]

cool! i was born that year so i wouldnt have been able to go with him but i would have really loved it.

[@panpolityczny7446]

To były czasy

[@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx]

Thanks as always! The graphics showing Surtsey's grow are very helpful!

[@jonathanj8303]

My father was a geologist doing undergraduate field work in Iceland at the time. The way he told the story, he was the third person to set foot on Surtsey, once things had calmed down a bit. The only witnesses to this event were the first, second and fourth people to stand on the island, so I'm a bit short on documentation.

[@thezood]

Did he claim it? :)

[@jonathanj8303]

@@thezood I don't think Icelandic property laws work like that...

[@gl15col]

I remember when Surtsey erupted; the world went bonkers over it. It was a blast watching television news showing pictures of a new island being formed.

[@Racistobama]

Never heard a word about it in US media.

[@mikezittritsch3888]

​@@Racistobamahow old were you at the time?

[@mapleleaf902]

I feel really old. I remember when Surtsey first erupted. Our grade school teacher taught us about it and I have been a geology fanatic since then....

[@jrkorman]

I remember this as a kid. I was 8 when it started and the forming island was presented as current affairs, science, and geography. Pretty neat seeing an island being born.

[@xwiick]

Thanks for all of your hard work man!

[@turdferguson3475]

My father was stationed at NAS Keflavik when Surtsey was born. I was 6 years old, I can still remember seeing the plume over the horizon.

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Thanks for telling us this. An actual witness to geological history.

[@AlmarPostma]

Awesome! A video on Surtsey! Thanks again! 😊

[@fishingthelist4017]

Surtsey is far too easy to pronounce for an Icelandic volcano.

[@soyoucametosee7860]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@robertbate5790]

I was seven when this happened. I remember seeing it on tv. One of those incidents that has stuck in my memory. I think because volcanoes were part of our geography lesson at the time.

[@bobschenkel7921]

I do remember hearing about Surtsey forming back in the early 1960's. It was one of the coolest things going on at the time, because it was the creation of something totally new. It is good to hear that wildlife and some vegetation have "taken root" there, because it will help to stabilize the island, and hopefully make it permanent. Of course, in this world, permanent is a risky word.

[@edwardlulofs444]

Thanks. I had heard of the island but never knew the time line or details.

[@12theotherandrew]

I remember it well, being a geographer at school. I had a good friend who was an Icelander.

[@Vesuviusisking]

Please do a long video on Naples volcanoes

[@davidarundel6187]

I can see this on tv , at the tome . Thank you fr explining the ifference between Surtsy , nd the Tongan volcanoe .

[@krimskrams]

great content!

[@TheDanEdwards]

We all knew you'd find a way to throw in a mention of *Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai* again!

[@harrimat100]

Surtsey is so famous, that the creator of the original Magic Schoolbus used it as the basis of the volcano episode.

[@Unsolicitedbias]

The HOT SPOT that is drifting SE along the Hawaiian Island Archipelago has another submarine island in the process of growing SE of the BIG ISLAND of Hawaii. The newest island there is already named Loihi. Loihi is due to surface someday depending on how much lava is deposited. It's got a way to go, as it's still 1000 meters below the surface of the ocean. Maybe someday, 2000 years from now, there will be fresh land to visit and hang out. I just hope Humanity is still around then.

[@thelazy0ne]

Hunga Tonga Hahaha mentioned again! 🤭 Addict!

[@sifarren]

Kind of curious about that 5.1 quake In oklahoma earlier today..what are your thoughts Timothy?

[@GeologyHub]

Probably wastewater injection related in my opinion. But, I am not 100% sure quite yet.

[@BPJJohn]

@@GeologyHub Fracking for sure.

[@sigisoltau6073]

​@@BPJJohnOn this other channel called Our Amazing & Restless Planet there was a post saying it involved waste water from oil drilling that was being injected deep underground.

[@noahlambert4176]

@@GeologyHubI felt it in Fayetteville ark

[@edwardlulofs444]

Could be fracking

[@andrewhorwood1058]

Very interesting. I remember Surtsey erupting in my early childhood. I feel I should tell you that the Scandinavian j generally pronounces like the English y. I know Icelandic is hard to pronounce until you learn it's alphabet.

[@ETHRON1]

Given the area surrounding the main vent and the smaller eruptions makes one wonder if a much larger chamber is beneath the sea floor....possibly a small Super volcano...

[@AaronGeo]

0:01 that lava be smooth

[@stefanpfeiffermerino7633]

Could you do a video on the Wrangell volcanic field?

[@ThatSchmoGuy]

Like others, I'm very interested in your insight of the Oklahoma earthquake earlier. Very intriguing!

[@leftear99]

Probably wastewater injection related. My guess is that they've already shut in any nearby wells...if I remember correctly, that's the legally required mitigation.

[@baystated]

I wonder if in the very far future, Surtsey will be surrounded by a Vestmannaeyjar Peninsula like the Reykjanes Peninsula.

[@garbleduser]

Pass the puffin please.

[@SevereWeatherCenter]

Nice!

[@bearandbackagain]

🌋

[@TheRaginCajun6]

Mayon just erupted bro

[@ludoviclemaignen9432]

Is the difference between surtsey and the Tonga volcano ultimately because Iceland is basically on a mid oceanic ridge and Tonga isn't?

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

As the narrator noted beginning at 1:25 there were several reasons why the two volcanoes differed. The first one mentioned had to do with the less viscous lava produced by Surtsey which produced basalt. Honga Tonga by contrast is a strato volcano that produced lava that was much more viscous. When magma is more viscous it can clog up a volcano vent resulting in pressure building up from accumulating gases until an eruption occurs. In the case of Hunga Tonga the pressure was especially high to produce such an explosive eruption. Also Hunga Tonga erupted hundreds of times over thousands of years. The Surtsey erupted only once.

[@00Pottus00]

"It represented the first time during modern volcanology that scientists were able to observe" that statement is incorrect you forgot about Fayal 1957 eruption. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip_Nl3akgsuNqsk

[@creightondaniels7748]

Sir you Rock. By the 2ay its Konocti'....not ty.

[@Daneelro]

The part of the 2020 outline you drew which protrudes over the 1985 outline is not land but shadow.

[@valleyofthemoon7113]

can't

[@paddyt4043]

" common folk " 😂

[@chuckcrizer]

I think you look for any excuse to say the full name of the Hunga volcano. 😂

[@relwaretep]

Common?! Pffft!!!!

[@mindzhd]

You do not want to know what the name we chose for the new island means in english....

[@subhaglaungani4091]

To eat volcano - in the plate of ice - ICELAND - ONLY GOD CAN MAKE IT POSSIBLE - & IT IS MUCH MORE THEN MIRACLE - & THAT ALSO again & again - & FINALLY IT BECOMES TOURIST PLACE - GOD IS REALLY GRACEFUL TO ICELAND - IT'S GOD'S SPECIAL NLISS

[@Pakkets]

My father was an alcoholic and when he started doing booze in our cellar the explosion was nearly the same size as this volcano

[@valleyofthemoon7113]

Remember the voice thing ? Kind of ruined it for me , now I can bare to listen , ....just saying.😢

[@rdbchase]

"New Island" -- some confusion about the meaning of "new", apparently.

[@rdbchase]

"... geologists and common folk alike ..." -- granted, most people are not geologists, but unless you suppose the latter to comprise a nobility, that's not the best wording.

[@cliffcannon]

All the geologists I know _are_ "common folk"...

[@stevenobrien6406]

How can you pronounce clothes "hanger" but not pronounce "Tonga"?????

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

👎👎

[@stevenobrien6406]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 no not thumbs down. How you feel if I pronounce every word that sounds like Michael correctly, but then when I speak to you I pronounce it Michelle??

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@stevenobrien6406 So are you saying that you never mispronounce words or names?? 😅😂🤣

[@stevenobrien6406]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 I atleast make a solid effort to find out or ask how to pronounce it before making a shambles of it.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@stevenobrien6406 Are you seeing a trend in mispronounced words or just pointing out this one example? I have watched this channel for years and have found the pronunciation to be good. You definitely don't sound like a long time viewer, but someone who is trying to play the word Nazi game of gotcha for one word!! Except nobody cares!! 🙄

[@schwobamichl]

Hate those computed voices!

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

You must be new to this channel or else you would that this person is speaking with his own voice. I have watched this channel for years.

[@xwiick]

Bye Bye

[@oakfat5178]

I can't stand the mechanical-sounding voice-over.

[@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738]

FYI, the letter "J" is pronounced by the "Y" sound, when speaking of Icelandic names i.e, "VESTMANYAR"(phpnetically), one can only imagine Icelander's are chuckling at you're mispronunciation

[@davidcranstone9044]

Talking about chuckling, try rereading your comment. 😂