The Civil Protection Department has decided that the eruption site shall remain closed. The area was closed around 3:15 pm today and the Iceland Review team had to retreat, like everyone else, to a cabin in Drekagil canyon. At 8:20 pm it was decided that the ban will remain in effect.
The final line-up for this year’s Iceland Airwaves music festival, held November 5-9, was announced on Tuesday.
Unter der Überschrift „Zwischen Heimat und Verwirklichung“ wird Þorbjörn Björnsson am 14. September zu Gast in der Stratum Lounge in Berlin-Friedrichshain sein.
All scientists at the Holuhraun eruption site have been called to their camp in Drekagil for safety reasons because of increased unrest detected on the Icelandic Met Office’s seismometers.
The pressure in the intrusive dike north of Dyngjujökull, Vatnajökull outlet glacier, is increasing and a 1-km (3,300-feet) wide and deep depression has formed under the glacier.
Due to a possible volcanic eruption, a large area north of Vatnajökull glacier has been closed.
Die Tatsache daß es im Krater des Bárdarbunga selbst nur wenige Erdbeben gegeben hat, könne darauf hindeuten, daß sich unter dem Gletschervulkan eine riesige Magmakammer befindet, deren Inhalt sehr heiß und dicht am Schmelzpunkt ist.
The Iceland Review team arrived at the eruption site at Holuhraun early this morning. After dealing with connection problems, they managed to send these pictures.
The Institute of Earth Sciences just released a map of the new lava as it was at 2 pm yesterday. The eastern boundary of the lava had then stood still for a few hours after progressing approximately 2 km (1 mile) the night before.
Iceland Review sent a team of three to the Holuhraun eruption site. Their mission is called: ‘The Journey to the Center of Iceland.’
