On this day 60 years ago, an eruption started in the ocean southwest of the Westman Islands. The eruption lasted almost four years and eventually formed the island of Surtsey. 📷Arctic Images.
Gamalt kort af Grindavík frá 1957 á vefnum https://t.co/KaZmT6GDtc sýnir gamla sprungu eða sigdal sem fer í gegnum allan bæinn.
Við bárum þetta saman við drónamyndband sem Ragnar Visage tók í dag af sama svæði. Skemmdirnar á Austurvegi eru ofan á gömlu sprungunni.
After five incredible years completing all three Duke of Edinburgh awards I got to celebrate completing my Gold today!
Thank you to @SamWhitAcademy for giving me this amazing opportunity!
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous Westman Island eruption. We will talk about the eruption, share pictures and articles in the coming days and weeks. https://t.co/fjpXz6tJ9g #lavacentre#westmanislands#eruptioncalendar
Earthquakes in Iceland in 2022. This years catalogue holds about 35 thousand quakes that have been checked and validated by The Icelandic Met Office. Happy new year 🎆 🎇 #gischat#dataviz#earthquakes#iceland
Made with #qgis using data from @Vedurstofan
Blue lava, found specifically in the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia, the lava is not the typical red colour but neon blue. The lava from this volcano contains large amounts of pure sulphur that glows with an icy blue colour at night.
Yesterday #wind produced 48.4% of British electricity followed by gas 30.6%, nuclear 12.3%, biomass 4.4%, hydro 1.9%, imports 1.5%, solar 0.8%, coal 0.2%, other 0.0% *excl. non-renewable distributed generation
Recent earthquakes shown in red in Mýrdalsjökull (the glacier which covers Katla volcano). Blue lines: water/drainage divides; X's with numbers, cauldron locations. The current seismicity is close to cauldrons 11 and 12. If a flood will occur, it will flow into Múlakvísl river.