Since times are quiet in Iceland I had decided to pick up on my never ending series about all of the Icelandic volcanoes. So I went digging for information on Fremrinamur volcano. But, to the delight of everyone there is almost no available information on that volcano, so that will be on the back burner…
Post by Inge B. Photo from Kalidalur highland road, Langjökull (western side) left, Presthnúkur in the middle, Þórisjökull to the right There was a unusual swarm of about 20 quakes which took place between Langjökull ice cap and the highland road Kjölur on the western side of the ice cap these last days and it…
What is a jökulhlaup? At the moment (December 30, 2012), water height and conductivity are again on the rise in Múlakvísl, an outlet river of Mýrdalsjökull glacier, the one covering the famous Katla volcano in the south of Iceland. Plots from Icelandic Metorological Office (vatnafar) This could be a sign for again another jökulhlaup in…
Á SPRENGISANDI Ríðum, ríðum, rekum yfir sandinn, rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell. Hér á reiki’ er margur óhreinn andinn úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell. . . . This is one of the most famous Icelandic folk songs, talking about people riding over the highland desert, on the Sprengisandur track, hurrying on horseback…
This week I was lucky enough to have a recently dug square hole (10m per 10m, about 2 meter deep) some 200 meters from my house in Southwest Iceland. Needless to say I spend the past bright summer evenings of Iceland inside this hole, which has nothing else but dirt and rocks. To us, volcano…
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