Fireworks tonight. Its fully venting with substantial lava flows that seemingly will reach the coast shortly. Who knows how this is going to play out!!
The lava stream on La Palma has now reached the sea, cutting off the main coastal road in the area. And with recent significant activity in the area who would want to be on that island at this time?
Still firing on all cylinders tonight. There’s just no stopping this! And how anyone could live even close to this with the noise it’s making! It’s like a battle going on up in the hills!
quodec wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:38 pm
Still firing on all cylinders tonight. There’s just no stopping this! And how anyone could live even close to this with the noise it’s making! It’s like a battle going on up in the hills!
I find it quite a soothing sound - a sort of white noise. Might be different if I was there on the ground, though! Some of the noisier noise at the moment is actually due to strong gusts of wind hitting the microphones, nothing to do with the volcano.
Its getting complicated up there tonight! The recent second vent to the left has closed off but a new vent has appeared beneath the large uppermost one. Its all happening!
Ncdjd2 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:22 pm
Or maybe I'm gawking at it too long ha
I know! It can quickly become addictive! It would be great to watch it from another perspective though. We seem to be watching from the same camera for over a week!
Yeah, I was thinking the top one seemed to be more active these last few days. Also have the impression that the lava is flowing faster, but some of that might be a trick of the camera settings.
quodec wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 8:28 pm
This volcano just keeps giving and giving! Some pour on this evening! You would have to worry for the inhabitants below!
You might want to pace yourself, quodec! It's expected to keep giving for another 40 days yet.
And there are no (longer) inhabitants below - they've all been gone since the eruption began. Unless you're talking about some of the wildlife that'd struggle to move fast. Watching a few minutes of the daytime feed earlier, I noticed that all the trees on the nearby mountainside were distinctly orangey brown, unlike those on the hills further away.
Some drone footage giving a couple of different perspectives on the scene downwind from the fissures.
When this is all over, you'd wonder how anyone with one of the few houses that have been spared destruction would move on, e.g. the one seen at 3:10-3:20. Would you even try to go back and give it a good clean? Would you try to re-establish services, or opt for off-grid future? Could you cope with a lava field as a view from your front windows instead of a lush landscape?
CelticRambler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:51 pm
Also have the impression that the lava is flowing faster, but some of that might be a trick of the camera settings.
Apparently not - was looking at some of the footage posted by Instituto Geológico y Minero de España today, and reading their video notes; and it seems that the lava from the second (and third?) fissure is indeed less viscous than that which came from the first eruption.
Unfortunately, the channel doesn't invite comments, so I'm left wondering if basic physics applies in this case, and this implies that the freer-flowing lava is coming out at a higher temperature? Which would mean it's coming from deeper down and ... what's the likely effect of that on the duration/severity of the eruption?