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[@JaimieJo]

Thank you Valur and Art! Yes it is very soothing to watch. I've been watching it before I go to sleep because of how soothing it is. Hopefully you get your picture in The New Yorker! Great newscast!

[@daghildrick6075]

Thank you for this ongoing coverage, I am happy to support the Hi Five. I will be there today in 2 weeks, so awesome. We’ll see what we will see!

[@RolfStones]

I hope she also writes about you in the New Yorker! You deserve the attention! Thanks for showing us these amazing views

[@bnic9471]

Attention, yes, but the New Yorker is such a political rag, now. The New Yorker's attention is much devalued since they all went nuts. Updike is rotating in his grave. Pretty sure there are other magazines better suited to covering a volcano.

[@M124M]

Can we just keep it a secret between us?

[@billrobbins5874]

I didn't know but do enjoy the footage you've been showing. Thank you. ❤️🌋❤️🌋❤️🌎❤️

[@epiendless1128]

"wherever two or more people are gathered together, someone will be trying to sell them a suspicious sausage in a bun" It does my heart good to hear that there is indeed a food truck.

[@user-zf2xb4xv9d]

I was there yesterday (ran into Valur while I was on my way down actually!), and getting the hot dog at the end of the hike truly felt like the ultimate gift from God.

[@akgguildford6397]

C.M O T Throat, proprietor.😁

[@ericzeb9103]

Cool you got to meet Valur. Also, Icelandic hot dogs are no joke. They're so good that I can hardly enjoy american hot dogs anymore... unless i really doctor them up to taste closer to the ones I had in downtown Reykjavík.

[@nolasmith7687]

Sounds like you are a Terry Prachett fan.

[@peteralexanderlondon8290]

@@user-zf2xb4xv9d ultimate gift from God. A hotdog Such horrifying low standards

[@jimjimgl3]

Your footage from @16:00 to @16:19 is absolute video gold!

[@demef758]

Excellent explanation of why the trail has been closed. It makes perfect sense, not some arbitrary closure. 11:50 Heidi talks losing track of time, and the cameraman slowly walks around to capture the position of the sun at 9PM. Yes! I come to this channel for the content, but stay for the stunningly good professional video work! How about you briefly interview Art and let him show his equipment?

[@PuentesRE]

And I keep saying it..no one shows off the situation with the volcano as well as this channel. Graphics or just being informative. It's just a joy watching.

[@maryellenmcgarry3429]

Wow! Incredible. Looking forward to article in NYer! Thank you for more amazing updates.

[@bgood2010]

Art, this is meant in the best possible way, and you have most probably heard it many, many times. But you truly live up to your name, your footage is pure art!

[@demef758]

Soon you won't have to climb the treacherous mountain path to get to the video. You will only have to walk on this new, flat path. (Assuming you wait for a few thousand years for the lava beneath it to cool down!)

[@brianlanders5306]

@@demef758 : I don't know how long it'll take to cool down, but I think you're very close to the timeline. I know this video is 10 months ago, but is that volcano still erupting in April 2022?

[@5Heth]

This volcano has changed so much over the weeks since it first appeared. It is going to be interesting to see what it has in store for us in the future. Hello from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺❤️👍🏼🙋‍♀️

[@asbisi]

It is scary. A monster.

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

@@asbisi NO! it's a mother! she oozes her benevolence and threatens no one, no explosive outbursts that throw 10's of 1,000s of hot rocks into the air or overwhelming amounts of toxic gasses or ash that could kill any who are in it's path. This volcano deserves to be called, as the Icelandic ppl. do a 'tourist volcano' You can get w/in ft. of it's lava field and NOT be in danger, as long as you know that a lump of a few tons could just roll off the edge because the lava is constantly pushing the edges outwards. This volcano is simply raising the levels of the lower valleys, it as yet barely is a threat to any settlements altho if it does go on for another 2-300 yrs then that will definately change, but NOTHING is happening so fast that they cannot deal with it. It's just NOT that kind of volcano, that's what is so brilliant about it, we can get up 'close and personal' with mother Earth and she don't bite! She's just creating land.

[@nolasmith7687]

@@johnzuijdveld9585 yes John, I totally agree. It’s an honour to see the creation of new land that will be there in another million years. And to think, hey! We predate that...man walked under that lava flow. Wow!

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

@@nolasmith7687Yes we s . . . hang on I mean they should've put a cement message in the ground before the eruptions got too advanced, saying s/thing like "Olaf was e're!" 🤭 Then in 100's of yrs or so archaeologists could find it and wonder! 🤔 It is a bit sad tho' they used to call it 'The beautiful Valley' in Icelandic of cause! But what to call it now? This is the 1st. volcano I've managed to watch it's progression from day 1 ! from a small fissure that grew and spawned 2 more just nearby just like a mum and her to kids but the 2 kids outgrew her. . . . . and then about 1k away another fissure opened that was actually about 5 or 6 fissures, that 1 pored out so much magma and yet it also died down when the last one . . (so far!) was born which is what we see now, I've read some say that the outpourings are not so great in volume put this seems pretty prolific to me. 😲

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

It's been a 'rip roaring adventure' for me even if only from my comp. at home, I'd been following RKV. for a month as he showed us the capital and surrounds but he warned that they were expecting s/thing like this so even that was exciting to follow! 😮 Hi there from chilly Adel. ☹

[@chezmanya]

Valur, you are wearing my favorite sweater! I love the design and the two natural colors. We are coming to visit for a week in October and it would be great if the volcano was still active! If not, you have given us lots of ideas of things to do. We’re really looking forward to our visit. The closing shots of this video are awesome.

[@chezmanya]

As for the calming effect, it’s like ASMR. We get that effect even watching it on video.

[@chezmanya]

Heidi, your hat rocks!

[@cjjenson8212]

I really enjoy your human style of reporting. Wish more were as relaxed as you.

[@frostbit8179]

I love your videos! You give a great panoramic view, along with the closeups, to really see what is happening. I enjoy hearing the knowledge you have about region and volcanoes.

[@russvhill2]

Thank you for another superb report. Art's photography is by far the best of any of the channels covering the volcano. Long may you continue Sir

[@reddfieldmusic4769]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for doing these amazing reports, so the rest of the world can see! WE SO APPRECIATE IT. Hello from Joshua Tree, CA, USA!

[@chrisosh9574]

I hadn't seen any video showing the upwelling lava like that, now I completely understand why the path to spectator hill has been closed off. It looks as though the saddle could be covered in a couple of minutes if the lava welled up close to the edge.

[@robinandrews3558]

My husband and i love your relaxed being yourself style! You make watching news fun again! American reporters should take note and take a chance of just being themselves and have fun with the work! Thank you! We look forward to watching your reports!

[@Norfolk250]

00:25 Look how far they have to be now. And, WHO PUT THAT HILL THERE?!!?!

[@boaz2079]

Thanks for the update it really makes my day man I love spending my minutes on this

[@anemjoful]

Thanks for the updates. So educational . Thanks for taking us somewhere we will never be able to see, this window into history.

[@fredmundur6603]

So happy we were on the closed hill just 2 weeks ago! Thank you so much Art and Valur for these news and images!

[@incityinvestments]

Glad i was able to see the Volcano this past week before they closed off the path....Truly an amazing sight!!!

[@ianji]

I always look forward to your broadcasts from the volcano, great work.

[@Norfolk250]

That pan at 16:11 is spacTACular! Good workmanship!!

[@conniestone6251]

Yes! That is truly magnificent and terrifying and mesmerizing and.... inner-worldly.

[@demef758]

Like me, many others have taken note of "Art's" magnificent video work. Kudos to him!

[@baschewarner4265]

I agree. Excellent skills. Crisp audio as well. If I may ask, what kind of camera is being used out there?

[@Soulvex]

No idea why anyone would dislike the videos, they are great and 100% appreciated, much love from the UK.

[@davidpnewton]

Term for what's threatening the saddle necessary to reach the old observation mountain? Perched pond. Lava pools in areas surrounded by levees. Then either it overflows those levees or they breach and suddenly a voluminous, fast flow heads away from the perched pond. It's particularly dangerous if the levees breach as that releases a lot more of the lava volume in the perched pond. So the precaution of closing the old observation mountain is very necessary. The term for what the old observation mountain will likely become is kipuka. Kipuka is a Hawaiian language term for an uncovered area completely surrounded by lava.

[@thisisme8666]

Thanks for the info, very helpful. Do you know where is lava that is filling the search pond is coming from? There is no lava feeding from the big lava vent. Is it coming from one of the original lava vents which is now covered by the lava from the crater that is still erupting?

[@demef758]

@@thisisme8666 I would certainly defer to Mr. Newton on this, but it's my understanding that while most of this new lava field looks cold and passive, it is only a shallow layer of cooled lava. Underneath is a giant white hot lava pool, 100 meters deep. It is everywhere, fed by "Bob's" endless eruptions. It is evident in the beautiful footage that closes the video, starting at 13:52.

[@thisisme8666]

@@demef758 yeah. I'm deeply concerned this is a bigger problem than what people my imagine. At least their is relieve in knowing that some of the pressure underneath is escaping.

[@davidpnewton]

@@thisisme8666 "There is no lava feeding from the big lava vent." Oh yes there is. The vast majority of that lava field is still liquid. It will take a very, very long time for it to cool. For example consider the lava erupted as part of Kilauea Iki in 1959: material was still liquid from that decades afterwards. Drilling was done in the 1980s if I recall correctly and liquid material from that eruption was found as they drilled down. This eruption's material is not as deep as that got yet, but it's not too far off in some places. It will take until past 2050 for parts of this eruption's material to cool off even if it stops now.

[@thisisme8666]

My poor phrasing. What I meant to say was there is no visible lava flowing from the current visible active cone/vent, as the majority of that lava seems to be following the main lava stream. However, the pond is still growing, with new molten lava visibly seeping through to the surface. Just wondering where that lava is coming from.

[@CheriL25]

More amazing footage. The videographer, Atta (sp?) is so good at his job. You continue to have the best footage on the volcano, and as always, love the channel. Big fan! Thanks!

[@alyssonrowan6835]

Another brilliant report. It seems strange, still, to hear a report that includes so much of the emotion of being there. A most welcome kind of strange. Thanks to Art for yet more wonderful footage.

[@demef758]

I'm learning these names (hard to understand them when spoken). Valur and Art. I find Art's videography to be stunningly good. It's the main reason I tune in. Valur's English is also superb, not to mention his great sense of humor, such as "the volcano is a slaughterhouse for drones."

[@nataliegolden83]

WOW! What great pictures. It was fun to hear about the reporter's experience! I would love to hear about some of the rescue worker's experiences. They must have changed as much as the volcano has. Love your reporting. Thank you so much!

[@dianeoczkowski9453]

Thank You for your coverage and insight. The photojournalism is most appreciated.

[@flx910w]

Watched many videos of you. Finally subscribed :D top commentary and top editing. I guess It's the best impression you can get in the internet of this volcano.

[@epincion]

Thanks again Valur and Art, Great video. The lava waterfall is stupendous - a huge volume in cubic metres/second. I presume it flows in tunnels under the lava sheet and is popping up in those pools at the edges.

[@MountainBikeMama]

I got my licorice box with the piece of lava. I love that I now have a piece of lava from the volcano I watch every day. Thank you!

[@corrineboxkicklove7942]

Incredible!!! The Ever Changing Volcano is Truly Mesmerizing. I agree with the reporter from New York. I hope she does mention The Great Reporting and Video that Valur and Art have been doing. May people, listen and heed the warnings placed, blocking the now-former path. I’m waiting for my passport to arrive, so I can travel to Iceland and see the Volcano. Great Report and Outstanding Video, as Always. Thank You Valur and Art for all that you do and for this latest update. … and Hello to Polly, 🐶👋🌋

[@collinfraser1218]

I just watched a documentary on Hawaii volcano. They are selling theirs as worlds most accessible lava field. It seems Hawaii can hold Iceland’s beer for a while ? Thanks again for real time news 🙏🇨🇦

[@fleuryjean-francois8704]

What you see at the end and which amazed you is called crustal resurfacing. That can occur in lava lake with fluid lava but also in the context of lava pond on a lava field.

[@natatatt]

I so appreciate that you provide such extensive footage of the volcano without music. Much more real and special to just hear the natural sounds of the area, while looking at the footage, rather than annoying music over the footage.

[@sarafinam6686]

Thanks for the report. About the increase of the activity at night. I noticed similar activity changes at other vulcanoes like Fuego or Etna. There must be some research on that. Now I'm really curious! I have to look it up! If I find something, I'm going to inform you all. XD

[@joannelecocq765]

Thanks for mentioning your store! So many cool looking things, I couldn't even finish looking at everything in one sitting!

[@carolmclean8535]

Thank you for all your updates. Stay safe

[@erinmcdonald7781]

I could watch the volcano all day, especially with all that sun! 🌞 Amazing changes! Thank you, Valur & Art!!! 💜🇮🇸🌋✌️😸

[@dennisbrantley6925]

I will say this to the camera man, good job. No excessive zooming or excessive panning. Great stable shots. I can't tell you how much that aggravates me trying to watch videos of the eruption from some of the amateurs posting videos.

[@demef758]

Same here. You can tell that Art is using professional gear, including a large, stable tripod. But most of all, he's a pro, and it shows.

[@wendywhite2642]

Awesome opening to the video!

[@philadams964]

Brilliant report as usual. Will it ever stop erupting I wonder. Thank you for my sample of lava I had in the chocolate ordered from your shop.

[@misc.endeavours8343]

I've wondered if it will ever calm down since reading that the flow is coming directly from the Earth's magma source, not from chambers. I'm also curious about what the effect of displacement is - if matter from inside the planet ends up on top what happens, if anything?

[@philadams964]

@@misc.endeavours8343 I suspect that the magma in the centre of the planet is constantly being renewed by the subduction process, it has to come out some where.

[@misc.endeavours8343]

@@philadams964 Thank you for explaining that - I was beginning to imagine the Earth becoming drained and hollow with a very thickened outer layer in random areas and whatever peculiarities that might lead to!

[@thisisme8666]

@@philadams964 I'm guessing that it would be fed by the crust being recycled along the Pacific rim for example. It's a continuous process, which has been active for billions of years. :)

[@MikeCTRVLR]

This is my favorite source for accurate and timely information about the volcano. The reporting and photography/videography are outstanding. I live in an area surrounded by >currently< semi-dormant volcanos and calderas. Mt. St. Helens was only a three hour drive away. Yellowstone is eight hours away by car.

[@colinwalker-watson7219]

Great shots as usual: good close-ups of the pillow lava. Also like the sweater: I had one similar purchased in 2008, which was particularly warm. But recently was dismayed to find it had been shredded by textile moths. Icelandic wool must be tastier than most.

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Unlucky, I've got an Icelandic sweater which my parents bought for me 45 years ago, no moth damage - you made me go and check!

[@george-vhs]

Great report and those shots of the lava at the end were really amazing! I grabbed a few screenshots to use as my desktop wallpaper 😉 !!

[@erinmcdonald7781]

Glad to see I'm not the only only one!!! 😸💜🌋🇮🇸

[@eastwind6820]

I’ve got volcano screen shots for my backgrounds in addition to my pics of dormant North American volcanoes.

[@kasiar7293]

Awesome video again, thank you for your reporting and your commitment, it's really appreciated!

[@pavolkupcak9414]

Your messages are very interesting and helpful and I am always looking forward to what's new. Thank you very much.

[@marin803]

That was a beautiful description from the New Yorker reporter! And it might explain why I watched this every day for over two months now. The time of mother earth is shining through the screen.

[@allanmatthiesen3264]

Great video as always👍

[@okeydokey3120]

Thank you once again! Much love from Oklahoma 💞. Brenda

[@doinafred3049]

Love your presentation👍❤️. Every day is so different and unpredictable. Sad if this eruption will bring Big Damages to the people's activities!.

[@lvallen381]

Amazing! Wonderful coverage and footage of this volcano!

[@paulverweij6348]

damn those smood lava pools, remember me of last summer when I rode my bicycle over the F910 west of Askia there is a lava field very old but like 60km wide with a road going over it, just think when this field is hard and old take you 4x4 over it :D I went just as fast on my bicycle as the 4x4 jeeps/campers greetings from the Netherlands :D

[@alantorrance6153]

Eruption at about 7:12 took about 6 -7 seconds to drop to same height as it erupted from. That represents about 576 - 784 feet (176 - 239 metres).

[@mossy78]

Thanks for the VLOGS. This is so fascinating!

[@WhiteTiger333]

I've noticed the calming effect of the volcano through the videos, too. I think the sound is also calming. Wow - the footage at the end with the sunset glow in the sky is just as breathtaking as the night shots!

[@littlejohn5652]

Surrounded by Lava and no exit? No problem: Gandalf will send the Eagles.

[@michaelnaretto3409]

That would be horrifying really. Trapped by lava, no way out, and knowing it is just a matter of time before you are consumed by it...

[@peterweeks2066]

Just what I was going to say🙂

[@Unusualalex]

What if you identify as an Apache attack helicopter

[@Dekko-chan]

Or a helicopter...

[@ewmbr1164]

My thought exactly: "the Eagles are coming!"

[@kookie400]

😭 So gutted that the best viewing area is gone. If I make it thru all the hoops to get there in a few weeks I hope its still a good view. So jealous of people who got to see it in early stages!

[@tikku123]

Thanks for the amazing uppdates - Iceland is a long way from Australia- but i was there in 2006 - it was stunning - my favourite country - Im loving these updates ”nature is ancient” 😊👍

[@TheReykjavikGrapevine]

Hope you can make it back out here sometime soon.

[@sharon94503]

14:05 was like an ocean wave of lava. Spectacular.

[@honeyb2393]

Always look forward to your reports... interesting, informative...just great! 🌸

[@alisonstratton4486]

Fantastic as usual. Valur and Art: great job!!!

[@RockyRacoon123]

I’m happy to hear someone may agree with me..have mentioned that the eruptions seem to be stronger at night & always get shot down. Thanks for your interesting news show! Wish it was more often! Hi! to Heidi from the US!

[@Bertrandjm]

Excellent light, excellent views (congratulations to the cameraman) and very good comment, many thanks!

[@TheReykjavikGrapevine]

Appreciate the compliment-we'll pass it along to Art, the cameraman 🙂

[@vronw5782]

Wow thank you guys for the update. It seems to change every few hours. 😯 can you get access to a map showing the lava flow? In the valleys. Stay safe xx

[@gardnep]

Wow from the little rill flowing down the valley to filling the valley and the landscape. Great vlog so thanks. I guess we get a view of our land 60 odd m.y.a. When we went over a hot spot and created our fertile basaltic lands.

[@earth2becky]

That seemed to be the same with Kilauea, that it would flow more at night than during the day. Not necessarily scientific, but definitely perceptual. So beautiful! Thank you.

[@MariahJade1]

Hello from Philly. Love these newcasts. Been watching since it started. Amazing how much it changes from day to day, I do miss polly.

[@OneFootInIceland]

We were just in Reykjavik this week and after 'ein með öllu' from the Bæjarins Bestu pylsur stand, we popped up to the Grapevine office nearby and MET POLLÝ!!!! She's adorable, it was a real highlight of the trip 😍🐶

[@MariahJade1]

@@OneFootInIceland I was saying the other day all of our local newscasts should be done with a dog like that. ;)

[@davidkarl9935]

Thank you Valur for your infectious reporting and Art for your superb cameraman abilities,greeting's from Wales. PS does anyone mine Clinoptilolite in Iceland with all your volcano's?

[@scohanl]

That was not the side I thought would fill in first - but turning our favorite viewpoint into an island is a great loss. So glad we made the trips up when we could!

[@TheReykjavikGrapevine]

Us too!!

[@christinabroadhead3810]

The opening looks like a scene from a movie. Well done. Maybe someone's making a film soon. Meanwhile we have your channel! Have a great day.

[@Jillysmom63]

I suspect there are people there filming for the movie industry to get footage for future use if they ever need it. I mean come on! Where will they ever find something like this that looks so unreal?

[@iDuckman]

I really look forward to these updates. Your guest has an interesting observation today. Watching the volcano do its thing forces you to slow down and adapt to its time. Just a tiny hint of geologic time.

[@ratz-js1lv]

This is amazing. Well done

[@1111xyz]

Watching the birth of new land while more of the old stuff gets eaten up in the subduction zone! What a process to witness! Thank you for your video's!

[@negergreger666]

That lava flow at 16:22 must be hell of a lot more than the 13 m3/sec that was reported some days ago. Looks more like hundreds of cubic meters now.

[@Hurricane1668]

The English term is "foundering" or crustal overturning where highly fluid lava pops through and drowns sections of crust

[@mlight6845]

I was looking for the right ✅ word, thank you!

[@annraczok670]

Thank you.

[@meikala2114]

And the lava is pouring over a "saddle" between two higher areas of a ridge.

[@mikeschneider5077]

@@meikala2114 Not yet it isn't.

[@demef758]

I'm an English-speaker but even *I* did not know that term. Thank you for expanding my vocabulary today!

[@erictaylor5462]

6:45 That is some incredible timing.

[@CooksterzLittlefield]

It is really soothing when you watch a while. Good to see NYC there! and thanks for the updates Valur

[@moonbathing2002]

I love this volcano's ever changing ways, so mesmerising, while full of surprises.

[@urlkrueger]

Great reporting, keep it going. From Montana, USA

[@gummih]

Stunning shots 13:52 Thanks!

[@quaidbergo]

Holy crap. that volcano is nuts! I remember when the first crater opened back in March and there was a clip of the side wall collapsing and little lava river flowing out, I was like Wow, COOL! But look at what it has become!

[@TorToroPorco]

This reminds me of the first time I experienced seeing lava in Hawaii. The shapes and texture of the solidifying lava was just like this and we were able to walk right up to the molten lava which resembled molasses as it flowed.

[@garygrant9612]

What is so amazing, is being in area devoid of any human structures and able to witness the Earths formation as it was millions of years ago. This is what I feel watching these amazing videos. It's very soothing and hypnotizing at the same time.

[@sandraashton868]

I have a feeling of calmness when watching footage from the volcano too in a way we are listening to the earths heartbeat and maybe our own hearts are beating in sync with the earths and it is centering our own inner core a bit hippy trippy I know but it's worth thinking about 🌋🌏

[@anthonybateman7527]

Over the last weeks since 1st eruption, I have found the flow of lava very mezmorizing and relaxing, since here no-one is at risk, beautiful.

[@heikew.2594]

What a great work. Thank you for everything u are sharing. I live in germany and I really would love to come over soon.... but i got stuck at work... probably better than beeing stuck on a lava island😀 what a pitty though the viewing point is closed. I hope i will be able to come in july. What do u think, will it still be worth it??? 🤪🤪

[@douglasfuqua7082]

Great job, Valur and Art. FINALLY getting some foreign coverage on this. Mesmerizing...

[@hellishmland1530]

THANKYOU FOR these updates. Xxx

[@mycat447]

How are you getting such high definition? These are the clearest images I have ever seen on a You Tube channel.

[@NicolasdeFontenay]

Incredible footage. Thank you. There's an exemple of this fast flowing lava pool at about 14:00.

[@TheBassManJeff]

I love these videos. Been following for a few weeks now 😊

[@ChippyNeil101]

hope you keep these updates going. .JUST .FANTASTIC

[@patrick-rb3ul]

Par excellence for reporting!

[@rafangirl1]

That lava fountain is insane! Impressive, even from a greater distance.

[@irvalfirestar6265]

I love that there's that moment at 14:21 where you're just looking at a tongue of the lava and then suddenly a drone comes into the shot, looking like a stray fly and making the entire thing look small all of a sudden.

[@ProgressiveEconomicsSupporter]

Again, just amazing Nature! 😎🌋

[@ronlafond5288]

That was wonderful! Thanks for sharing.