 Volcanic Fissure in Iceland Might Be Growing
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Proud Mary
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Mon Mar 22 2010, 07:51PM
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Volcanic Fissure in Iceland Might Be Growing
Iceland Review
22nd March 2010
Geophysicist Steinunn Jakobsdóttir at the Icelandic Meteorological Office said the activity in the Fimmvörduháls volcanic eruption in south Iceland is slowly increasing and it is likely that the fissure is growing towards the northeast.
The flow of Krossá river increased suddenly this morning and the water temperature rose be a few degrees, ruv.is reports.
Jakobsdóttir said a longer fissure doesn’t necessarily produce more ash and it should not be assumed that the neighboring volcano Katla will erupt in direct continuation of the current eruption, although there is a certain connection between eruptions in the two volcanoes.
Björn Gunnarsson of the Air Ground Rescue Team of ReykjavÃk (FBSR) told mbl.is that lava is now flowing down the Hvannárgil canyon. He and his team flew around the eruption zone at noon.
The FBSR team was the first to observe the eruption from the air today. They were taking pictures and estimating the situation for the coordination center of the Civil Protection Department in SkógarhlÃd in ReykjavÃk.
Gunnarsson warned others against flying around the eruption zone—conditions are stormy.
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Andri
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Hopefully, I can go and have a look during Easter break. ;)
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