Grindavik Seen With a Thermal Camera From a Drone

[@williamlloyd3769]

Appreciate your walking us through your drone flight and the thermal imaging learning curve!

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@SuzySunshine]

Growing up, in school, Iceland was just a far away place on the map and in my imagination lived up to its name. Thank-you for sharing how beautiful it really is. Grindavik looks like a beautiful, modern place in the autumn sunshine. Thanks again for sharing. I'm enjoying being a tourist from the comfort of my recliner.

[@lhaaa1059]

Your thermal camera is icing on the cake. Glad you've got it.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a ton :)

[@cheriestl]

Thank you for your wonderful work.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you very much

[@nirgunapa56]

Like you I am not a geologist, but I find these videos fascinating. You threw in a term there that I was not familiar with - graben, which I found out was "An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area." Thank you for putting together and posting these videos.

[@emeraldcoastgardensfl7323]

And of course, the first thing that came to my mind, was the 80s movie, Tremors, with Kevin Bacon. And the underground monsters 😂😂😂

[@kathpayne4364]

Thank you for another interesting and informative video Gylfi, awesome drone footage again. Hope you too have a good weekend.

[@dotdotlar]

I love the way you say "Iceland".

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks and welcome 😊

[@jangoosen5407]

Thank you for the interesting perspective on the situation in Grindavik specifically and Iceland generally.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks and welcome 😊

[@jesselomas8626]

TY once more for an imformative video once more! TY for your dedication and willingness to push the product "Iceland"... Wishing you, too, a great and safe weekend.

[@Sally4th_]

This is really fascinating footage, Gylfi. It's interesting to see the warm water mixing in the pond. A year after the Holuhraun/Bárðarbunga eruption I went swimming in the river that runs past the new lava. It's sourced from glacier runoff so would normally be way too cold but it was like a wonderfully hot bath. Before anyone worries it had been tested for pH and temperature before we were allowed to swim :D

[@prisd7821]

As always thank you, it's fascinating but so sad for Grindvik with the ongoing uncertainties.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks and welcome 😊

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

Thank you, Gylfi! I was very young when I did my tour at Keflavik. You continue to awaken wonderful memories. Now I am old but oh how I would like to see Iceland again.

[@JustIcelandic]

Wonderful to hear, and i recently filmed the old KEF base with a camera on the top of my car, it will be online soon :) hope it brings back memories :)

[@marlies220]

Thank you for the highly appreciated video Gylfi.

[@JustIcelandic]

😎 enjoy

[@chuckylugs9607]

Gylfi, your thermal imaging drone shots are totally amazing and I always look forward to viewing your work ✨

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks :)

[@adelaferreira4575]

Thank you Gylfi ! Your video quality is so good ,easy on the eyes,many secrets underneath Grindavik grounds,that little puddle of water just keeps growing and you are the only one paying attention I hope it doesn’t invade the town,safe travels and thanks again for the update !

[@adelaferreira4575]

And on another note,your videos bring more information then anybody else,yes we listen to the geology experts,but they don’t show us what you do ,the heart of the situation as you see it ,plus your interesting conversation which is lovely to hear,so thank you,but you don’t need any degree to make this as much fun and illuminate our views on every part of your beautiful Iceland !

[@billdouglas2936]

Your videos are always interesting and informative. Great photography. Thanks, Gylfi.

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks!

[@woodseowl]

I just visited Iceland and these videos really helped me understand what I was seeing around the Blue Lagoon and Grindavik. Thank you for the insights and sharing about what has been happening there. It was amazing to see it in person!

[@REDOS1988]

This is an absolutely amazing video. Thank you for filming it like this! It is fascinating!

[@sandrine.t]

As always, thank you for sharing, Gylfi :) We love your work, and using the drone's thermal camera is definitely a plus! Hello to @MandieJo! It's great to see you guys collaborating in the field :) Take care!

[@penihavir1777]

Always fun to see the thermal footage. 👍

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks and welcome 😊

[@stuartdunn8479]

What an absolutely fascinating video. I’m sure once you have a library of thermal images, they are going to be of great assistance to geologists and authorities alike. Brilliant work, I’m very much looking forward to what you discover in the coming months ! Keep up the great work, and keep producing these great images :)

[@yaksociety]

Thermal imaging will work better at night, as there will be no sunlight reflections or anomalies due to anything heated by the sun. Always love your videos.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for sharing

[@pixelpeter3883]

Gylfi, did you see today's worrying video from Geologyhub on the possible next eruption being much larger and maybe not limited to the Grindavik outskirts ... statistically speaking.

[@JustIcelandic]

I'm very sure the Icelandic experts don't agree on his take on this, especially when it comes to an eruption within Grindavik which is considered to be highly unlikely. If the eruption comes up at the northernmost part of the fissure, the magma will flow down to Snorrastaðatharnir and Seltjörn but not to the ocean so the topography is not correct. Icelandic scientists expect the next one to be 30% larger but that may not be the case either and I'm actually not the right man to determine who's right in this, but the video is the absolutely worst case scenario and although I'm realistic and dont hesitated to come up with such scenarios, I still think it's too dark forecast, but I may be wrong :) lets hope I'm right.

[@vinnyheaphy1372]

Keep up the Great work, Gylfi!! From Central Arizona!!!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks so much!!

[@magdad.72]

Thank you Gylfi for an amazing footage and a detailed description. I felt like I was there. Nice collab with the talented MandieJo 🥰

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you so much!

[@mweskamppp]

Interesting information the thermal image provides.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@johnmeneses7039]

Great Information and speculation. Thank you "I am not a geologist 😊" Gylfi. Always a highlight watching your video's. Sending you kind Regards and Best Wishes from NZ.

[@JustIcelandic]

Greetings to NZ 😊

[@Teerae11]

Wow so much to think of and about , very informative and interesting Thank You !! Appreciate the time !!

[@bingsballyhoo711]

That's really interesting, as your reports always are. Keeping an eye out for your updates!

[@JustIcelandic]

Much appreciated

[@gonemadinnz]

Love your updates. Keep them coming!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you! Will do!

[@marymachunis3778]

The thermal drone is a very good tool for you to use. This is very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for watching

[@odilejouanne4323]

Thks again for all the info shared . Much appreciated 👍

[@JustIcelandic]

😎 enjoy

[@Clearlyclynn]

We were there a couple of weeks ago, but Grindavik was still closed. I hope to return and be able to see more of the country side that you’ve shown us! We went into þríhnúkagigur which was fascinating!

[@snuzulose]

Thanks, very much appreciated sharing your discoveries with us!

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you like them!

[@barry7608]

Thanks love your work. I have recently purchased a thermal hand held and have been immediately impressed. My use is for security and wildlife evaluation. You do have to learn the peculiarities of the technology but once you learn that visible light may or may have no bearing on what you see. My use is significantly easier than your use, but either way much can be learnt. I can detect small mouse sized critters, being Feather tailed gliders and Antichinus, from over 50m away and identify them with a good degree of accuracy. I hope you are getting the results you wanted, stay safe it looks like your in for a bit of strife.

[@gilles111]

Groundwater temperatures south of Svartsengi are regular about 15°C, ocean water last week was about 7°C. So if the difference was about 10°C, it is pretty close to temperature differences which are standard and not that much influenced by magma/lava (if it was at all).

[@MultiOranuch]

Great and thank you for the video sharing - Grindavik updating as well. Take Care! 😇 Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN 🍃🍃🍃🍃🍀🍀🍁🍁🍁🍁🌲🌲🌲

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you too!

[@barry7608]

The overlay works well. I know how attached I am to my home so I can understand the horror your people are experiencing. We are subject to bushfires, and my property has in 50 years experienced 2 very large fires with evacuation and one lesser event. Thing is my fire pump is out of action due to a fuel issue and the summer heat is only just beginning with a huge fuel load from undergrowth.. I better get tinkering and fix it.

[@tthappyrock368]

Greetings from Oregon! I hope you get that pump fixed! Sending you all the best!

[@shaunpapworth4269]

Thank you Gylfi

[@JustIcelandic]

Always welcome :)

[@georgewaters6424]

Always a pleasure.

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy :)

[@petramaas8574]

Thank you. The thermal imaging is again very interesting and may be more so in future when there are changes. The temperature difference may be normal when there is a difference in depth, but the future will tell.

[@markpitts5194]

Good evening G.

[@JustIcelandic]

Good evening :)

[@richardfritz8797]

Another great video! Watched many of your videos! Thank You. Wish restrictions lifting soon. Too much control when not needed and other times when it is needed there is not enough. Don't know what to say about that but it seems not good. Please keep up your videos anyway. Thanks and stay safe. Keep Iceland and it's people in our thoughts and prayers. Peace.

[@JanClancey]

Thank you that crack is huge. I hope this doesn’t happen that would be so bad for Grindavik

[@Razgriz__1]

So after Kilauea's 2018 fissure eruption, it was reported that many residents with intact houses close to the dike still couldn't move back. The reason is that the dike was so close to the surface, it was heating the groundwater enough that even at the surface, groundwater temperatures were near boiling. That was many months after that eruption had stopped. I don't know how deep the dike under Grindavik is, but all that heat is going to go somewhere, and the closer to the surface the dike is, the hotter the groundwater is going to be.

[@anitajohannadrost]

Interesting 👍😁🍀Thank you.

[@suehayes2001]

As always a very interesting video. Thank you.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks again!

[@timothymattson3680]

The thermal video resembles sheriff chopper surveillance of outdoor marijuana grow operations , at night, the pot glows red as it grows in the dark. Seeing what looks like green vegetation in “hotter “areas as the edge of normal view panned . Am on a phone so can’t make it out for certain. And the moving cars only reached green with no yellow to red like the scattered “hot spots”. Your videos definitely age well . Glad you’re sounding more relaxed than the up/ down roller coaster ride that has had you having to change plans as events unfolded.

[@gamarus0kragh]

The rule of thumb for ground water is that its temperature matches the year round average temperature. Iceland has an average temperature of 5 deg. C. With no ice on the pond and no snow on the ground indicating that the air temp. is above freezing, the pond is not that far from 5 deg. C itself. That makes it most likely that there has been some heating of the water in the fissure.

[@KatlaJokulsdottir]

I'm no expert but I can imagine that the rule of thumb does not hold in a region with geothermal activity. But yes, we agree that if the rule of thumb does not hold, geothermal heating is likely to blame. The question is, however, where does the heating take place? It does not need to be in the fissure, it could very well be that the water that exits the fissure has travelled under ground for a while (note that the region hardly has rivers, so most rainwater probably travels under ground) and has been heated elsewhere, e.g. at Svartsengi.

[@tolipydob]

Thanks again Gylfi!

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure!

[@alanthecat59]

nice kit , helps a lot i think well done

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks 👍

[@richm9157]

3:40 spot thermal meter sensor calibration. Perhaps calibrate against ice-water at zero degrees C. Great video, very interesting, thank you !

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for the tip!

[@StormyWitchnado]

Another awesome video! ❤

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks again!

[@yomogami4561]

i always enjoy your thermal videso gylfi. thanks

[@JustIcelandic]

Happy to hear that!

[@dolphinschild62]

Thank you Gylfi. If I may ask, with the sun out you mentions the area, rocks were hot from the sun. Was the road also hot? I saw the road blue, and area you mentioned with red. I love your content. Sandy in Far Northern California

[@dancarter482]

_WOW ~ INCREDIBLE; the wonders of modern science!_

[@JustIcelandic]

😎 enjoy

[@palantir135]

Greetings from the Netherlands, Gylfi. Have you seen the latest video on Grindavik area by Geologyhub? If he’s right, it means disaster. I hope not. Thanks for the info. Keep safe.

[@JustIcelandic]

it's too much on the dark side if you ask me 😎

[@palantir135]

@ we in the Netherlands have a saying: The soup isn’t eaten as hot as it is served.

[@ljquinn4655]

Thank you, interesting to see.

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@LilA-zl6tf]

Thank you, again! This was interesting to see. - I just got my own piece of thermal imaging "toy". Nothing fancy, just a camera to be attached to my Android tablet. But now I can hunt for all the places where the warmth might be leaking out in the apartment, like around the windows. This is interesting. 😉

[@ChristophersMum]

Thank you Gylfi...I enjoyed this video...seeing under the ground almost seems like magic...however...wouldn't the thermal drone be of more use at night... atb from Scotland😃🌠

[@kenstaggs744]

Thank you Sir

[@JustIcelandic]

Most welcome

[@alienallen2983]

Nice work THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE...... 👍🙏>>>💚

[@JustIcelandic]

No problem 👍

[@roderickmain9697]

Some years ago I was looking at building an earth-sheltered home. One of the owners of an existing home told me that in the UK, once you were a meter below the surface the temperature is approximately a constant 11c all year around. I wonder if there is a figure in Iceland to compare the fissure temperature to or is there too much volcanology?

[@susanb4816]

What does it smell like? Are there noticeable odours?

[@bartjes2509]

Thanks Gylfi, Shallow and stationary water will pick up more heat from the sun than deeper water of a large body. It could be that effect but it is interesting to see the thermal images anyway.

[@KatlaJokulsdottir]

Indeed, but that fissure seems rather deeper and more shadowy than the pond. Also it's autumn, so you'd expect the pond to cool down more in cold nights compared to, say, the sea. But this pond seems to have freshwater during low tide, so there must be considerable inflow of ground/rainwater to keep it fresh. So my guess is that the fissure contains geothemally heated water. However, the heating may take place elsewhere than in the fissure - the water could have been heated e.g. at Svartsengi and then flow underground towards this fissure and enter the pond.

[@laynelair2233]

Thanks Gylfi! 🧐☕😎✌️👍

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks and welcome 😊

[@johneberhard8412]

Thanks for the great drone video I wonder is the water coming up from under ground

[@alayneperrott9693]

If warm groundwater is flowing southwards from the lavaflows towards the coast, you might be able to pick up warm springs emerging along the shore.

[@CarlTippins]

The first time I ever saw that fissure, I thought I'd NEVER buy one of those houses at the "end" of it.

[@benjaminlamey3591]

Hi Gylfi, thanks for the work. I hope a geologist will pick up the video, have a look and give you a feedback. would be great to have his view to answer your question whether it is significative or not. I am pretty sure, all your data are of some use for them.

[@Ctobefree]

Do you see anything with the Mid Atlantic Ridge?

[@caetlynrose4]

I enjoy looking at the footage. Some of it I have questions on, I'm sure they will get answered by you aand your drone. I particularily have questions about, Why the images look like some of the spots are radiating heat. Other's look "Smeared" Is that movement from the camera??? Oh Shut up Caet. Leaving you in peace, love your drone footage, something about... It's like hunting for Treasure!

[@HJJSL-bl8kk]

I really enjoy your work but I became sad when you mentioned Sticklebacks. The UK's rivers are now so polluted that it is decades since I saw a Stickleback.

[@Cyklonus]

👍👍

[@johndewey6358]

Greetings, this is a very interesting use of relatively interesting use of drone technology. I wonder if the local government would be installing monitoring thermal cameras in different areas to study for signs of thermal activity for public safety and predicting risks.

[@tymonkalbarczyk1456]

I would say that water in this fracture could be heated by the fresh lava flow that rests few meters up. Looks like anything that seeps into this lava flow will slowly flow into that fracture and to the pond.

[@Ctobefree]

Need to watch Mid Atlantic Ridge. Just had quake 2-3 days ago. Plates are moving.

[@DisVietVetUSA]

Interesting to see what the average water temperature is on that rift you filmed sso that you would ahve a guide for what your thermal drone is recording

[@jonnybritnorth7966]

I still think there will be an eruption offshore of the peninsular. There seems to be constant ground movement right at the peninsular tip.

[@illbeback2YT]

The contrast of the Colors is too strong, given the actual temperature difference? Maybe that can be tuned down? Anyway, awesome footage!

[@Bcc0402]

Geology hub put out a video saying an eruption will come up under grindavik next time

[@JustIcelandic]

Icelandic experts are not of the same opinion, i'm not saying they know this better, but historically, it has never erupted so far south on the Sundhnúkar crater row that can be fairly well documented trough lava layers.

[@Bcc0402]

@@JustIcelandicI did think it was just geology hub being dramatic as to get more views. That’s why I like your channel you are never over dramatic and tell your honest opinion based on the facts

[@ThatOpalGuy]

we should know, soon.

[@tricky2917]

Doesn't water just heat up easier in shallows?

[@KatlaJokulsdottir]

Yes, if there is a source of heat (e.g. sunshine, warm air). Similarly, it also cools more easily in shallows if there is something to extract heat (cold air, radiation) - that's why puddles often freeze over while lakes don't yet freeze in the first night of frost. Given the fact that it is autumn, I doubt that there is a local above-surface heat source (e.g. sunshine) strong enough to heat the shallow pond significantly; even less so IN the fissure, which should be less shallow than the pond. So either the water is heated by something below the surface in the fissure (geothermal heat) or it comes in from some source further away (e.g. near geothermal regions like Svartsengi) after having been heated there.

[@kevint1910]

i hope the people who live there are using these reprieves to get more and more of what they can salvage out of there rather than wasting effort on repairing a deteriorating situation. Geology Hub just put out a check up video on this zone and he was not hopeful. Should the eruption trend simply continue to form the odds that the rift extends beneath the town are very high. Given the extent of the expected breach the only way it misses is if it happens very soon rather on trend or if it opens farther to the north than it has been trending but should it hit along where they have all hit and extend as much further as each eruption has done the south end will be very close to or under the dike.

[@Ctobefree]

ETNnews good to watch for earthquakes and Dutchsince

[@Captainumerica]

Ah! I thought the ground had subsided near the pond.

[@oscar-ly7fg]

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome

[@aoilpe]

Hopefully the Graben keeps quiet …

[@maurasmith-mitsky762]

Geology hub thinks that the lava will likely hit the ocean. 🤔😱

[@JustIcelandic]

If the next eruption comes up at a similar location as last time, it's impossible, the lava will accumulate near the Grindvik intersection from the airport road.

[@johnheigis83]

Yo

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy

[@TalRohan]

Abyone else see the face on the ground at 4.32...bottom of the screen about a third of the way from the left

[@wifinomad8105]

.❤.

[@1966jcar]

iceland whole island is a suppervolcano level 9 of 9

[@timecomments]

Let me state my possible explosion prediction for you. According to the calming down of earthquakes in Turkey, if I compare the occurrence of the previous two explosions, it may happen in the days after November 15. There were earthquakes very close to a place that I know is very close to an ancient chimney in Turkey, and it even reached 3 mg intensity.

[@KatlaJokulsdottir]

what the heck is an "3mg intensity"? mg= milligram? or earthquake magnitude? also, why on earth should Turkish earthquakes have anything to do with Icelandic volcanoes? I'm pretty sure that the distance is way too large for signals (e.g. tension) to be transferred from one to the other, they are not even on the same feature (e.g. subocean ridge); also, the size of e.g. hotspots is also much less than the distance Turkey-Iceland, so it seems to be unlikely that both regions are hit by some, say, strengthening of a hotspot. I'm no geologist, so just making laymen's guesses, but it would very much astonish me if there were any causal connection here.

[@skyedog24]

Now you'll need to invest in scuba equipment 😂👍

[@JustIcelandic]

I have a 360 camera and a waterproof housing for it :)

[@theotherandrew5540]

I don’t want to be rude, but building so close to a very obvious rift on a volcanic island looks a bit stupid to me, and buying a house there doesn’t look sane either. But I’m not an Icelander.

[@mareekelly1579]

Thanks again Gylfi!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks and welcome 😊