Iceland's Recent Eruption Reaches Two Weeks. How Long Will It Last? Geologist Analysis

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We have missed you Shawn, but you have had a well deserved break! :) The vents have been going to make sure you have time to give us more educational knowledge!

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Welcome back, Professor. Thank you for your time this Sunday, ahead of your busy week!

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Welcome back and great update! The photos and videos from Hörður Kristleifsson are spectacular!

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Some were incredible wasn't they.

[@whispofwild]

Looking forward to seeing the Icelandic volcano dream team Gylfi and Shawn together!

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Yay!!! Sanity (also spelled 'Shawn') has returned! Thank you for your info, updates, etc. Stay safe! And Happy Easter.

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Happy to have you back! Incredible pictures and many thanks for sharing your time and research.

[@joannekellam191]

Welcome home! We've missed your updates but know that you deserve a nice vacation! Thanks for the comprehensive overview of what is happening, as always.

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Woot an update with Science!!! Missed these updates! Glad your back and hope you had a lovely trip!

[@junespaintbrush]

Thanks to Shawn for curating so many informative images and explaining so clearly for the geonerds!

[@sethtautkus5196]

Thanks for keeping us posted on the Iceland eruption as you travel the globe! Very classy to share the work of Thor and other local experts as well

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Hi Shawn - welcome back !!! Hi everyone from New York

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Welcome home, and to streaming, again! So glad you had a good time, and glad you and family, are back safe and sound.

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Welcome home...awaiting your next live stream! Keep up the excellent work!

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It feels good to have you back.

[@davidk7324]

Hi Shawn, glad you had a great trip--

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[@wendygerrish4964]

Now I understand the splatter in 'splatter cone' . Kudos to Hodur.

[@Steviepinhead]

"Spatter," I think. But close enough and certainly the same basic idea!

[@wendygerrish4964]

@@Steviepinhead Hahahaha I didn't even notice if you hadn't have pointed that out!..yet somehow ..

[@tuunaes]

And the distinction to cinder cones is that spatter is sticky and you get these very steep sides and high height per width. Cinder cones are again made by looser material which cooled lot before falling down and doesn't really stick. And tuff cones are made by interaction with water blowing magma to very fine fragments causing very wide, low profile per width cone.

[@ericfielding2540]

Welcome back! Thanks for the update.

[@salzaward]

Thank you Shawn, welcome home and best wishes to Amanda Jo (and all Grindavik residents) for her house move.

[@marksimons2171]

Thank you professor Willsey very informative as usual keep up the great work

[@carolehenderson9185]

Thanks once again for giving your time so freely to keep us appraised of your thoughts and assessments on the latest volcanic events. Much appreciated. 😊

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Great to have you back! We missed you!

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The Team is so happy you're back and teaching us more geology! Thanks so much!

[@janchow88]

Thank you so much for the update. And welcome back from holidays.

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Glad you are back!

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Hello again! I'm glad you've enjoyed your travels. I'm easy (and grateful) with whatever you want to do, knowing your busy schedule.

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Welcome back ! Thank you for bringing us into the experience of how you process the info in real time It's a real life perspective of how science evolves that we need more of!

[@Gerlinde1]

Great, you're back! ❤

[@nisawallace5903]

Never thought of a moss forest let alone it being on fire. Nature is wild! to say the least. Thank you for all your information. Glad you had a good time on your vacation. Have a good semester at college. Everything keeping you busy!

[@tuunaes]

Organic materials often have this nasty tendency to be flammable when dry. That's why making camp fire on ground containing organic materiall is risk of starting later fire after you seemingly put out that camp fire. Especially some peat can smoulder really long before igniting... Even over whole winter under snow!

[@g3user1usa]

I had wondered what they were talking about with wildfires. That sparse moss. I thought that stuff was random weeds. I thought it was harmless if it caught fire but I guess the people don't want any more smoke in the air than necessary. They said it was hard to reach since it was likely surrounded by rivers of lava.

[@anakerose]

Thanks Shawn! We're watching to see if the eruption will change our cruise itinerary in July. Im interested in it from a geology aspect as well.

[@NesconProductions]

Glad you hear had a nice vacation Prof. Willsey, great to have you back! Excellent breakdown as always. From the topo. maps of the different lava flows clearly shows the latest eruption has produced the largest amount of surface lava. By & large the man made emergency berms have largely held up very well to this point. Risk of future flows to over run these defenses due to the now raised topography was nicely pointed out & will difficult to mitigate. The current ongoing low level eruption may be contributing to the lack of ground inflation recently (with lava venting on the surface, allowing for a release of pressure from below). Still, feel for all the residents of Grindavik with such an uncertain future, best wishes to them!

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Welcome home!

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Hi Shawn. So happy you had fun on 'vaca'. You are only utube video content feed I trust. Sending all the energy your way. Little bout me - as teenager I was so into geology and astronomy for while. My dad was a non organic chemistry professor. He did lots on rocks etc when I was young. So I appreciate all info from you to feed my curiosity. Godspeed and Happy Easter

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Always ready to change course when facts warrant ... honesty and integrity ... 👍 Thanks!

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Much appreciated. Thank you.

[@gladysdecelles9951]

Thanks as always. Glad you enjoyed your holiday,

[@sheilagraham8543]

Welcome back Shawn: happy to hear you, your wife and friends had a great, if busy, trip. Didn’t realise how tall the main spatter cone has grown. Great footage from the gentleman in Iceland - it brings it into perspective. Thanks again from Vancouver, BC.

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Missed you. This communication has been very interesting as usual. Look forward to the livestream on Tuesday.

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Thank you for the update and congratulations on 100K subscribers!!!

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[@monkeyshinemmie]

So good to have you back in the US(S)A !!! Didn't realize how much I missed all the information and learning you impart in these videos!!! Looking forward to learning about the other volcanos further east, too! I finally have a sense of the scale of the spatter cones. Much, much larger than I imagined!

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Thank you professor Willsey. We've missed your updates.

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Welcome back, hope you enjoyed your trip, and Thanks for the update.

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Welcome home Shawn.

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he takes great pics really has an eye for it :)

[@CooksterzLittlefield]

Awesome overview as always. Appreciate your expertise and info on uplift, flow and plots. Thank you again Professor Willsey ⛏

[@Whtwngd]

Excellent ! Photos crazy good. Explanations are understandable by lay people such as myself. And your personality makes for a comfortable teaching moment. God Bless.

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Happy Easter. Thank you for your update.

[@Tridentmover1]

Thanks Shaun

[@illbeback2YT]

I miss Polly, the chief of moral. Many followers from your channel will remember this name from the Reykjavik Grapevine channel, which became famous during the eruption in Fagradalsfjall. Sadly that channel changed owners and said goodbye to their presenters. But I am very happy with your excellent channel, Shawn. A Good and friendly place to find reports of ongoing eruptions in Iceland

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Thank you for the update :)

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Happy Easter Sunday

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So glad to see you back! I do hope you had a great vacation. Have really missed your excellent, informative updates. DONNA from Pennsylvania

[@RachelNau]

Glad you had a successful trip, and good to have you back! Thanks for the update!

[@kateclover874]

Welcome home! Appreciate the update and thanks for sharing and discussing Hodur's photos and videos. Those lava flow photos are gorgeous.

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Welcome back & thank you for the update!

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Welcome back! Missed your updates! You make it educational, worth my time to listen. Hope the trip was relaxing.

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Thank you, Shawn. Welcome back.

[@laural3738]

22:15 having followed all the Fagradalsfjall 2021 eruption from the beginning by web cam I can confirm this is actually the spatter cone of the main vent from that eruption. That place was once a green beautiful small inner valley smoothed by glaciers called Geldingadalur. I think it's not called that way anymore since the suffix - dalir means valley in Icelandic and there is no more valley there anymore, just a big rugged lava field overflowing in different direction with this massive wide spatter cone in the center.

[@David_K_Booth]

That would be cognate with English -dale. It appears in the names of valleys in the North of England, where the Vikings settled and brought some Old Norse words with them.

[@Steviepinhead]

Also cognate with the variant English form "dell," and with German "tal" (current spelling of what used to be "thal," as in Neanderthal).

[@laural3738]

@@David_K_Booth very interesting. It's amazing how many things one can learn just from paying attention to toponymy.

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Thanks Shawn! Welcome back!

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Happy Easter and welcome back Shawn.

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Self inflicted fun. That's me and my work too! Love how you put it!

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Thank you, Shawn, for including the photos and videos. They were phenomenal.

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Thanks

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Nice having you back! Happy Easter 🐇🐑🐣

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Thank you Shawn for the update. You were missed and really love the update. Hope you had a great trip and also a Happy Easter. See you again on Tuesday. Again thank you.

[@whispofwild]

It'll be interesting to see if this eruption has taken some of the pressure out of the system and the next eruption will be months if not longer in the future. As opposed to the almost monthly eruptions we've seen recently.

[@Suzieq5446]

Welcome back Professor and wife. Glad you vacation was good. You were in NYC, I’m a Jamaican Brooklynite. Thanks for sharing!

[@Trag1cMag1c]

The scale of the new topography is so hard to judge. If you told me these cones were 6 feet tall, I'd believe you. Hearing that it's nearing 100 feet in height is wild.

[@terrahmama]

thank you! glad you had a nice spring break wit your family!

[@steveegbert7429]

Thank you Shawn, not only for your desire to teach, but for your love for the people you teach and want to learn from you! BTW, I love Twin Falls. I always made it a point to make it a night stopover point on my trips to or from Yellowstone and Montana from Oregon. Also, and foremost, my heart goes out to the people of Grindavik who may never get to live in their lifelong homes again and have to start over elsewhere involuntarily.

[@gonemadinnz]

Great update! I've missed them.

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Welcome home! Happy Easter! Hope your trip was rewarding and restful!

[@susierider55]

Welcome home. Thank you for the update. Looking forward to the field trip. See you on the 12th.

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Thanks for another great update!

[@Travelling_Jonoberries]

Welcome back though we missed you it was great that you had a break with your family. 😇👍🌋

[@jackmchammocklashing224]

It is great you are back, Lots of explanations, which is much more informative than watching lava pumping out to who knows where, Thank you Shawn

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Glad you seem to have had a great holiday, but very pleased to have you back. Iceland has been keeping everyone on their toes.

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Thanks!

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Thank you!

[@delilahboa]

Hi Shawn, welcome back, you must be exhausted!……. I’ve missed your amazing descriptions on what’s happening in Iceland, you really help me understand the process….. hope you get some time to rest despite your busy schedule …. I appreciate the time you give to us all….. congratulations on your 100k+ subscribers, I just know there will be many more!……thanks for update…… x Jan 🇬🇧x

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Glad to hear your back safely.

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Woohoo, welcome back

[@loladavinci1243]

Exactly. I think USGS/HVO referred to that phenomena as “perched ponds” during the 3018 Kilauea eruption. Very dangerous.

[@kevindorland738]

Thank you Professor. Happy Easter.

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Welcome Home, Thank You! Happy Easter!

[@paultodd3497]

Just got back from a four day Easter camping trip, to see the eruption is still ongoing, absolutely shocked, wow

[@glenharmon4280]

Glad you had a good time

[@Planesarecool123]

I got a great view of that one when departing Keflavik airport on Friday I also got a great view of another one from the ground at about 4am on my way to Keflavik airport from my hotel

[@Planesarecool123]

Thanks for the heart I am finding this video very interesting 🙂

[@odilejouanne4323]

Thks once more for this recap

[@robingower9610]

Welcome home, Shawn! We’ve seen many photos during your vacation, but I at least need you to tell me what it means!.

[@ZENmud]

12:50 thank you, Prof. Shawn... An irreverent comment? The flow field from this perspective looks like a "Picasso's Big Bird" 😊 with the town barriers creating legs. This winter (now Spring) has been captivating, no doubt.