[QUOTE=firejuggler;381295]California, 6.1 earthquake
[url]http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Quakes/nc72282711.html[/url]
[url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary[/url][/QUOTE]
An now someone has died from that quake:
[url]http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Woman-hit-by-TV-is-first-Napa-earthquake-death-5746343.php[/url]

Another volcano info source
 

[URL]http://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/bardarbunga-holuhraun-update-140910/[/URL]

SO[SUB]2[/SUB] levels reaching new highs. It has been detected by smell in Norway. Also, a most amazing photograph!

A bit of humor
 

This follows a string of comments building analogies to a sub-glacial volcanic eruption:
[QUOTE][LIST][*] [B] * [new] You did remember the cat, didn't you? ;-) ([URL="http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1328836/54469470#c85?mode=alone;showrate=1#c85"]5+ / 0-[/URL]) [/B]

Any worthwhile gedankenexperiment includes a cat.

by [URL="http://www.dailykos.com/user/uid:706146"]alx9090[/URL][LIST][*] [B] * [new] ooh I forgot, ([URL="http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1328836/54469479#c86?mode=alone;showrate=1#c86"]3+ / 0-[/URL]) [/B]

here kitty kitty come and get a nice warm bath!


by [URL="http://www.dailykos.com/user/uid:991829"]Dovie[/URL][LIST][*] [B] * [new] my cat is not happy ([URL="http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1328836/54469491#c87?mode=alone;showrate=1#c87"]7+ / 0-[/URL]) [/B]

[IMG]http://images.dailykos.com/images/105172/large/grumpy_cat.jpg?1410413522[/IMG]

by [URL="http://www.dailykos.com/user/uid:991829"]Dovie[/URL][LIST][*] [B] * [new] My cat is both happy and unhappy ([URL="http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1328836/54469513#c88?mode=alone;showrate=1#c88"]12+ / 0-[/URL]) [/B]

I can't bring myself to look though. :-)[/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST][/QUOTE]EDIT: A hilarious juxtaposition, with this note:
[QUOTE]Now, as we all know...(One does not simply walk into [STRIKE]Mordor[/STRIKE]Iceland.)But, apparently, one can fly. Gandalf - or Sir Ian McKellon, as he apparently prefers to be called - is apparently [URL="http://www.dv.is/folk/2014/9/10/gandalf-islandi/"]in Iceland right now[/URL], assumedly via help from the Eagles of the Misty Mountains. We can only assume that he's on his way with [URL="http://www.rugusavay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Eypor-Ingi-Gunnlaugsson-3.jpg"]Legolas[/URL] to fight their way through [URL="http://cdn4.blogblogs.com/images/782/m/2284254-i-met-hafor-julius-bjornsson-aka-the-mountain-from-got.jpg"]trolls[/URL] [URL="http://tednasmith.mymiddleearth.com/files/2012/08/TN-Gandalf_and_the_Balrog_Upon_Celebdil.jpg"]to confront[/URL] the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog"]Balrog[/URL] within Bárðarbunga's magma chamber.[/QUOTE]

Series of stunning photos, plus one more
 

[URL="http://dreki.smugmug.com/Photo/Volcao-trip-September-2014/i-dpZSnr9/A"]:w00t:[/URL]
[URL]http://dreki.smugmug.com/Photo/Volcao-trip-September-2014/i-dpZSnr9/A[/URL]

Wow - great links! :smile:

Yes, those pictures of the volcano and the Northern Lights are absolutely beautiful.

Another set of great images from the Holuhraun fissure
 

[URL]http://mashable.com/2014/09/11/iceland-bardabunga-volcano-eruption-photos/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfY2Qxbzc1MnB4bG1uc213aCJ9[/URL]

The sample photo which is attached comes with this caption:

"A close-up night view of the lava flow as heat from the lava distorts the view of the fountains in the distance on Sept. 2, 2014."

EDIT: In case y'all can't tell, I am absolutely fascinated by this event.

EDIT2: Pictures from meters away, and from 90 kilometers.

[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2760522/Iceland-s-volcano-Fearless-cameraman-risks-life-capture-amazing-close-pictures-eruption-s-aftermath.html[/url]

[QUOTE=kladner;383709]
...EDIT: In case y'all can't tell, I am absolutely fascinated by this event....
[/QUOTE]

Do IcelandAir do flights from Chicago to Keflavik?

Approximately, yes. The dates shown are purely to provide an example. At $885.26 round trip per person I am not likely to make the trip while this particular eruption continues. I am certainly much more eager to see Iceland in general now that I've seen a bit of what it's like.

[B]Central Japan’s Mount Ontake erupts; hikers reported injured[/B]

[QUOTE]
Mount Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures, erupted at 11:53 a.m. Saturday, injuring at least eight hikers and leaving 250 others stranded near the peak, local police and rescue workers said.
[/QUOTE]

Apparently, several hikers are still on the mountain.

Press article:
[URL]http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/27/national/central-japans-mt-ontake-erupts-hikers-reported-injured/#.VCaBE-P950o[/URL]

Pictures from Japan:
[URL]http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2014/sep/27/escape-from-mount-ontake-in-pictures[/URL]