In cement truck terms that's a total of 13,263,387 large 8 cubic metre cement lorries
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Mind boggling...
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:37 pm
by dawg
Ncdjd2 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:24 pm
Some good scenes from the above live feed tonight. Lava flowing very quickly.
Stats are interesting at the bottom of the screen - 66 cubic metres a second. 106107100 cubic metres of lava since the eruption began.
In cement truck terms that's a total of 13,263,387 large 8 cubic metre cement lorries
just thinking...if that lava could be piped to a conveyor belt of giant cinder block moulds a vast number of very large blocks could be produced for just about nothing every day
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:41 am
by Osciiboscii
Ncdjd2 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:59 pm
Pipe it to Ireland, we could use it as filling for all the roads promised in the new National Development plan
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Good thinking . It's very light and porous, I brought home a piece from the Idaho lava field.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:17 am
by Del.Monte
I have half of Tenerife lying about the house - a legacy from my ex - having never been there myself. Give me the peace and quiet of the Great Saltee or Cape Clear any day, and you're unlikely to be disturbed by volcanic activity in either place.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:33 pm
by quodec
Its inexorable!
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:25 pm
by Del.Monte
Amazing footage - thanks for posting.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:32 pm
by dawg
From a few days ago
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:57 pm
by CelticRambler
Here's something you don't see every day - giant chunks of rock, floating down the river!
Obviously makes quite a difference if the river is one of lava rather than water. The collapse of (part of) the north wall the other day was also an impressive spectacle.
As someone who's always had an interest in geology, from my earliest memories, I find it quite fascinating to watch a relatively near-by landscape being made and re-made in real time.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:57 pm
by dawg
The scale of this carry on has always astonished me
An example, a few miles across the water on the north west coast of Tenerife there is an old road down to the sea ( San Marcos ) hacked into the lava. A few snaps of the up-side
Firing on all cylinders tonight. Anyone any idea how long this kind of low level volcanic activity can/will last?
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:30 pm
by CelticRambler
quodec wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:45 pm
Firing on all cylinders tonight. Anyone any idea how long this kind of low level volcanic activity can/will last?
Mid-November would be "typical" although there's a reasonable chance it could be well into December before things calm down to a state of background noise.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:03 am
by TheValeyard
Pretty awesome to watch though.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:11 am
by CelticRambler
Have been off-line-ish for the weekend and a bit before, and am surprised that no-one posted about the "lava tsunami"
It most definitely wasn't a tsunami (do these YouTubers know nothing? ) but it was quite amazing to watch. When I saw the first videos, I wasn't entirely sure it was real (or that it hadn't been sped up) but have since seen what I presume is validated footage and it's .
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:14 am
by CelticRambler
Here's a nice bit of drone footage, showing the four vents:
Google-translated description (apologies for the American spellings ):
In the drone shots, the 4 current emission centers are observed. Distributed and described from the Northwest to the Southeast.
The most Northwest, is at the lowest level and is the only one that emits lava flow.
The next is an emission center located at a higher level with intermittent strombolian activity
The third, at a higher altitude, which is the main lava source, has continuous strombolian activity.
The fourth and last to appear (located to the Southeast), it appeared three days ago with phreatomagmatic activity, it turned off on the 17th and has reappeared with strombolian activity on October 18.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:20 pm
by dawg
'Where Cumbre Viejo sweeps down to the sea' ( to the tune of The Mountains of Mourne )
( Pic pinched from a post over on pprune )
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:54 am
by quodec
Wow, ‘waterfalls’ of lava!!!
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:24 pm
by dawg
( another pic pinched from pprune )
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:56 pm
by quodec
Six days since the last post here - and still no end in sight! Obviously plenty still left in the reservoir!
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:44 pm
by quodec
This guy, Valentin Troll, uploads regular updates on the lava flow situation in La Palma. This is from yesterday. Fascinating and scary all at once!
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:57 pm
by Del.Monte
Wild stuff, the old cavity block wall didn't put up much resistance - must have had mica in it.
Re: Seismic activity La Palma Island
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:12 pm
by Scotty
I've often stood on a rocky shoreline in the west of Ireland and been in awe at the might of the ocean but I'd say to experience this first hand is incredible! To see the island be reshaped and redefined right in front of your eyes.
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