MAJOR CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE IN SEPTEMBER 2010!!!

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by firejuggler

California, 6.1 earthquake
http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Q...c72282711.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...282711#summary

An now someone has died from that quake:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...th-5746343.php

[kladner]

http://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/201...update-140910/

SO₂ levels reaching new highs. It has been detected by smell in Norway. Also, a most amazing photograph!

[kladner]

This follows a string of comments building analogies to a sub-glacial volcanic eruption:

• * [new] You did remember the cat, didn't you? ;-) (5+ / 0-)
  
  Any worthwhile gedankenexperiment includes a cat.
  
  by alx9090
  • * [new] ooh I forgot, (3+ / 0-)
    
    here kitty kitty come and get a nice warm bath!
    
    
    by Dovie
    • * [new] my cat is not happy (7+ / 0-)
      
      http://images.dailykos.com/images/10...jpg?1410413522
      
      by Dovie
      • * [new] My cat is both happy and unhappy (12+ / 0-)
        
        I can't bring myself to look though. :-)

EDIT: A hilarious juxtaposition, with this note:

Now, as we all know...(One does not simply walk into MordorIceland.)But, apparently, one can fly. Gandalf - or Sir Ian McKellon, as he apparently prefers to be called - is apparently in Iceland right now, assumedly via help from the Eagles of the Misty Mountains. We can only assume that he's on his way with Legolas to fight their way through trolls to confront the Balrog within Bárðarbunga's magma chamber.

[kladner]

http://dreki.smugmug.com/Photo/Volca...14/i-dpZSnr9/A

[Nick]

Wow - great links!

[Brian-E]

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

[kladner]

http://mashable.com/2014/09/11/icela...B4bG1uc213aCJ9

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.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...aftermath.html

[Nick]

Originally Posted by kladner

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

Do IcelandAir do flights from Chicago to Keflavik?

[kladner]

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.

[Nick]

Central Japan’s Mount Ontake erupts; hikers reported injured

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.

Apparently, several hikers are still on the mountain.

Press article:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/201.../#.VCaBE-P950o

[Nick]

Pictures from Japan:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gal...ke-in-pictures