All About Hekla Volcano in Iceland - The New Eruption Pattern and New Drone Footage
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- čas přidán 9. 11. 2022
- Here is all you need to know about Icelands most famous volcano or when could she erupt, and how bad can it get. This is actually my second Hekla video, but now with the drone footage that didn't have until last summer, and new time lapses and more information you should have close by when she takes off next time.
For those of you who want to dig really deep, I recommend this article, the best I could find:
www.volcanocafe.org/dissectin...
The lava field from Hekla and more:
opinvisindi.is/bitstream/hand...
List over past eruptions and with VEI index
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekla
The correct Hekla eruption prediction in 2000
• Accurate 15 min Volcan...
Full video from the 1947 eruption
• The Hekla Eruption in ...
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Hello my friend, from Buffalo, New York! I just want to say that I very much enjoy your videos and commentary, and you give us a greater sense of both the beauty, and often danger, that makes up your wonderful island. The combination of your beautiful drone footage and Google Earth is very effective. Keep up the great work, and I hope that you and your loved ones remain safe and prosperous.
Thanks a ton and greetings from Iceland, aprecciated!
Thanks for this Hekla update. Your narration reminded me of my visit to Hekla during the in 1970 eruption. At that time, we did something that would now be considered very non-PC: we grilled frankfurter hot dogs on the slow-moving lava and walked along next to them as they quickly cooked. It was lots of fun, but would probably be considered not very eco-friendly these days!
Aha, that makes you one of the first volcano tourists in Iceland :) thanks for that and welcome back :)
Gorgeous footage. It shows the different colours of the ash and pumice produced by different Hekla eruptions really well. I was lucky enough to visit the 1970 eruption on a field trip led by the late, great Sigurdur Thorarinsson. He explained that the 1970 black ash reflected the fresh, fluid, basaltic magma produced at the start of a new eruptive cycle, whereas the older, grey pumice thrown up by our vehicle tracks (~1000 years old, as I recall) was indicative of much more viscous, explosive magma produced after a period of inactivity long enough for the contents of the magma chamber to have evolved and become richer in silica. So Hekla gets grumpy if she's been inactive for too long!
Lucky you to get a field trip with Sigurður :) and thank you for sharing this story, highly appreciated.
Thank you for this and all your videos. I climbed Hekla in the mid 90's during a month long trip in interior iceland - camping and walking. Wonderful trip.
I returned to iceland a few years ago and was a little shocked at the huge growth of tourism and the extensive building in Reykavik. I guess we all want to see your amazing land! I do intend another trip fairly soon;
Thank you again and hope everyone stays safe.
🙏🙏🙏
Hekla is a mystical place that needs our full attention and yes, Iceland is a bit crowded now :) but there are ways stay was from the crowds :) and welcome back to Iceland :)
Very moving piece of work. The defiant town surrounded and backed into the corner readying for the next battle. You always deliver. I watched this about 8 times. Would love to have it on a loop. Thank you from Arizona. I also thoroughly enjoyed your and Shawn's interview. A great team!
43 years ago to the hour Hekla erupted under me and I had to beat a hasty retreat. A massive treat for a geologist but a fortunate escape. Made front page of the Morgunblaðið :)
Wow Ian 👏 amazing story that made history so I have to share the article here. I should interview you about this...timarit.is/issue/117920?iabr=on
Beautiful update! Hekla is my favorite. The distance of those lava bombs is unbelievable.
Yes I have to browse for more info about this, it's really something...
Another beautiful and informative video. Thanks again for sharing your talent and your amazing landscapes with the world!
One thing I don't understand from what little I've read about efforts to cover more of Iceland with plants is the emphasis on planting trees first. I would think that establishing a ground cover of grasses and forbs first would be a better strategy. These plants grow quickly, stabilize the soil and prevent erosion, and develop topsoil. After a few years any trees you plant would have a much better chance of survival. Grass first, trees later is the natural succession for bare land in cold temperate climates and elsewhere, and planting grassland is much cheaper than planting trees. But this may be what's actually being done, since I've read only a little about these projects.
Birchs have the ability to spread quite far by having their seeds drift with the wind. All that they need is some proper soil, enough water and the luck of not being eaten, and they will grow. I had them outside my house until they got cut down by the town management. They had grown to a height of ten to twelve meters, and survived several heavy storms and flash floods, of which I still have seen two, each being nearly knee deep. So, the idea makes sense. They just should be in more places than this one.
@@gabbyn978 But the bare land in Iceland isn't really soil. AFAIK, much of it is volcanic ash or crumbly weathered volcanic rock with very little water holding ability and essentially no organic matter. Once trees get established, they could do well, but getting them established may not be so easy. I don't know much about afforestation methods used in Iceland. Most of my experience is in planting conifers into thin soils between bedrock outcrops in a colder, drier climate. The soils were shallow, but they supported some thin vegetation, enough to stop most erosion and provide some organic matter to hold moisture in the soils.
I assume land management people in Iceland know what they're doing, and I'd like to learn more about it.
@@b.a.erlebacher1139 If you find a proper place, eg a slight depression where water can gather, and minerals and airborne algae and fungi spores get washed or blown in, it /can/ grow. In more temperate areas, they have even managed to grow on man made brick walls.
Birches are the only trees with leaves that can grow that far north, right in between all the conifer trees.
@@gabbyn978 Dunno where you are, but poplars grow further north than birches, well into the boreal forests, and willows, though much stunted, can be found on the tundra here in Canada. But let's not get into a pissing (on trees?) contest, eh?
Well :) I'm not the expert in the exact methods, but what I do know is that whatever works is what we generally do we are always experimenting with something new, so there is no one method that I can pinpoint. It's 90.000 hectare that will be covered with new forests but the general method is to work with little plots of land, and the birch well send-seed from them and you can see it in the video how everything is turning green around them. So I guess they improved the soil there while they started planting, but I fact, this is a good video subject of it's own, I would need to interview the people in charge there, and might just do so some day.
I was surprised to hear that the tourism industry wants to develop that area near Hekla, within the zone of past destruction. Seems crazy, especially for such an unpredictable volcano known for its hour or so of warning. But this sort of willful ignoring of danger is seen everywhere I know. Building on active faults, mudslide-prone hillsides, hurricane-ridden beaches, and volcanic danger zones.
Thank you for this very interesting video. I hope angry teenager Hekla changes her mood enough to be polite for her next outburst, kindly giving fair warning and not hurling lava bombs and pyroclastic flows at the tourists.
Thanks a lot for sharing :)
Great work, as always! Thanks so much.
Thanks again!
Thank you for the Hekla update!! It's a very very good video with all the drone footage, cuts, different visualisations, research, and story telling. Subscribed for years and always a pleasure when new videos are online!
Thank you very much!
Much appreciated :) Just starting so it's lots to come, plenty of good footage from last summer...
Awesome footage as usual! And the history is amazing! And it looks pretty huge to me! What a beautiful country you have! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you very much!
Thank you for your updates. We appreciate your passionate pursuit of plate dynamics and processes. Iceland has become a prominent itinerary point for us.
Stay Safe❣️
Bless UP‼️
Much appreciated!
Wonderful video. The scenery in this area is just beautiful. It all looks so serene, but the reality is very different. Thank you for the update and very interesting information!
Thank you very much!
Your wonderful photography, coupled with your information and video editing skills, make me feel like I am gaining an understanding of how amazing, complex, and mysterious your homeland is.
"amazing, complex, and mysterious" you nailed it with only 3 words :)
The 1947 films are amazing!!! The area is so beautiful! I swear it looks like another planet or straight out of a fairy tale... Love it!
Thanks and welcome :)
Excellent informative video! Superb blending of the Google imagery and drone footage. Thank you 👍
Many thanks!
Thank you for your great videos. I visited Iceland in July 2019. As a volcano lover, visit to Iceland was one of
my best trips ever. Hiking on Hekla was the highlight of my trip.
Have a great rest of the year. Greetings from Finland.
Great to hear :) welcome back and greetings from Iceland :)
hartelijk bedankt voor de mooie les vandaag, ik blijf je volgen Groet uit NL, Margot
Welcome :)
Thank you! That was a great introduction to the teenager Hekla. Much appreciated.
Thanks for stopping by and always welcome :)
thank you for your updates - please stay safe and well sending love and regards xxx
Thanks a lot and greetings from Iceland :)
Very nice! Good to see you posting again! 😎👍😁✌️☕
Thanks 👍
Im always looking forward to watch and hear from you. These days its been shaking a bit around there I think. Hope if it blows that things wont go do far..🤞Many thanks
Thanks, I think that Hekla is not next in line for an eruption, but then, she's unpredictable :)
Thank you for another great video, Gylfi! I'm heading up to Akureyri in the morning, and won't be anywhere near Hekla, but maybe that's for the better all around!
Well, Grímsey is the shaky place right now so be careful :)
Excellent and interesting update! Thank you! 🥰
Thank you too!
The real badass volcano of Iceland right here soon to open the gateway to hell. When the scientists claim that Katla is more extreme I think Hekla deserves that place as these long dormant years make way for extreme eruption. I would not be surprised if Hekla was just as powerful as Katla. I mean let's face it she is unpredictable and the longer she rests the more of a bang it could be. Great footage and video liked.!!
Hi Godi , thank you for this concise description of Hekla, I remember as a young man in Winnipeg , Manitoba Hekla was erupting , it was all the news for my family . I think you're right , I don't feel that too much money and effort should proceed in this area .
A great documentary!
Thanks a lot :)
The Hekla Saga - one of many ups and downs, with a fair number of fiery intervals to keep things bubbling along
Yes it's an awe inspiring volcano, source of tales all over the world, and we never know what's next
Greetings from Darwin, Australia! It’s always a delight to watch your entertaining and informative videos. I find your country so incredibly fascinating and beautiful. Would love to visit one day. Thank you so much! 😁
Awesome, thank you!
Hekla, Hek yeah! Great video as always Gylfi 👌❤
Yay, thank you!
Served at Naval Air Station (NAS) 1979-80. Visiting the Mt. Hekla eruption site was a highlight of my tour. When we drove toward the area, we noticed the cloud emanating from the crater and stopped for our first look. At the roadside we noticed a deep sound, sort of like a huge pipe organ base note. Icelandic authorities let us get stupidity close to the slopes of the volcano. It was really interesting to walk up to the advancing lava wall where you could hear the crackling sound of the lava as it cooled.
Great work! Loved it.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thankyou for the information I find this very interesting 🧐 it’s amazing how something that can look so beautiful could turn so deadly
Thank you and very welcome
fascinating subject well presented. love your voice.
Thanks a ton :)
Hekla reminds me of Mt Ruapehu a lot. It would fit into the landscape in New Zealand very well.
I love the comment about Hekla being a teenager. That would explain why you only get about an hours warning…
Thanks for sharing and greetings from Iceland
It's difficult to see humanity having sense if there's a dollar or two to be made. Kind of like how expensive waterside properties are getting with the possibility of sea level rise - all the richest loons are buying there to show how they can afford to build a home even if it's going to be swallowed by the ocean in a decade or two...
I agree!
Thanks you certainly exposed the beauty, yet so dangerous.
Thanks and welcome :)
Wonderful video!
Thanks a lot, as often before :) always welcome
I love the way you say Iceland at the end.
Welcome :)
I'm always amazed.
Welcome :)
Cinematic Gylfi, thank you (again and again) for your channel. I'm especially fond of your dry wisdom -- "...one scientific fact, and it is that we have no clue about what's under [Hekla]..." (7:27). As we say in the US, you da man!
Thanks a lot :) glad you like my approach :)
Greetings from Scotland. I really appreciate the way you are using Google Earth to fix where exactly you are talking about. The way you transition into your drone footage is also very effective. Thank you once again for your work.
Awesome, thank you!
Great job. Love your videos, keep up the good work, very informative. From Ocala, Fl. USA. Horse Capital of the world.
Thank you very much!
Thank you from Australia 💐
You’re welcome 😊
It's fantastic- how you live on possibly the youngest island nation in Europe/Northern Atlantic. I am hoping to visit sometime. Volcanoes enchant me and fascinate. Such powerful events of evolution in our time that show how the Earth grows. Thank you for showing this yo us.
Welcome to Iceland👍
As a complementary watch to this, for those who are able to access it on BBC Iplayer, there is an excellent Werner Herzog documentary called 'The Fire Within' - a tribute to Katia and Maurice Krafft.
GREAT🎉 Video Nice edit❤
Love the Star Trek Cut! 😂
Thank you so much 😀
If the Vikings were terrified of Hekla, I'll take their word for it. I'll just stay around the Fun-canoes
I think it's a good idea :)
Beautiful scenery but definitely a bit dangerous to build near it. Please take care and thank you for sharing 🙏👍❤️
👍 always welcome :)
So basically Hekla is a bit of a ticking timebomb.
And of course people will ignore all that and want to build a hotel near it, as most of the time it's perfectly safe.
Yes it's a highly dangerous volcano as history told us again and again, and it's a wasteland around it for a reason, and it will most likely not change..
Top Shelf Geo-Reporting .
Thank You
Thanks again!
Thank for that video and all the informations. I look at the seismic data, too, and for Hekla it’s getting weird… as if she puts her dancing shoes on…
I'm not sure, I would be watching Grímsvötn, more going on there now..
I would love to find more information on that large caldera near Hekla. I had no idea it existed
Yes I'm on it now, but there a a link to a great article in the video description
Did they use any fertiliser for the trees at Hekla? Volcanic ash tends to provide a lot of fertilisation. Areas surrounding volcanoes tend to be fertile for crops. Thank you for the video. Iceland is a beautiful country similar to the main island of Hawai´i.
In fact, there are many methods used, old bales of grass, and it's right that the ash is very good fertiliser as well, but this was a complete wasteland so it needed lots of help to get going. But it's more here: hekluskogar.is/the-mt-hekla-afforestation-project/
It’s a beautiful beast.
It is, pends a bit on weather and light of course :)
Nice, unrest keeps happening around faultlines. I particularly like the area East and North-East of Hekla (Fjallabak and Veidivötn)
I agree, its on my list, didn't maki it up there last summer, but which I could
I prefer the smaller toerist volcanos but thanks for this voltage. Very intresting.👍😁
I agree and welcome👍
Safety, as it's known seems to have been non-existent in 1947😘
Yes it was just crazy to see how they did things back then..
Is Hekla about to blow soon?
Haven't checked out the area for a while since the Reykanes penincula is cooking aswell ☺️🙏💚
Love your channel from Sweden 😎👍
Hekla is totally unpredictable :) totally...and greetings to Sweden )
Did anyone spot the skeleton looking down at the ground at 12:02???? Near the middle of the screen at the bottom. Yet another amazingly beautiful and informative post, thanks
not me :)
Hi from Texas
Hello there😎
It would seem Hekla will keep us all guessing, as she always does! But you are so right I think by putting Hekla on your most dangerous list is an intelligent move. However, in Iceland, seismic events are commonplace. Seems as though it's always in motion. You know what you're talking about, for sure. So thanks for keeping those of us who are interested, up-to-date with events. Best of luck, my friend. Have always enjoyed your educated videos!
Yess, hekla might just be my favorite volcano in the world because it’s just so majestic. What is your favor volcano??
Thanks for the update!!!
Not sure yet, would say Hekla or Katla :)
@@JustIcelandic Sweden had a great children book writer called Astrid Lindgren and she wrote a book Bröderna Lejonhjärta ( Lionheart Brothers roughly translation) and there is a dragon in the book named Katla and some scenes from the movie of the book is filmed in Iceland aswell ☺️💚
czcams.com/video/E1y5Viz2EsA/video.html
@@johanwallbom6861 I would not call "Brødrene Løvehjerte in Norway" a children book. It is a book for all ages and as all the best book the story is a different story based on your age and experience.
@@bknesheim i know what you mean, but she's in the category childrens book author.
Do wonder if there is a difference in behavior in the separate Hekla Reservoirs you mentioned.
Yes the hint was the the small one, if it exists, was responsible for those "off trend" eruptions in 1970/80/91 and 2000. I was surprised when I red this, it's not mentioned that often around here, and if correct, the larger -reservoir could just as well getting ready for a big one, that we generally dont expect
Two magma chambers? Absolutely fascinating! I plugged 'Hekla' into Google translate, which indicated that in English, the name means "crochet'. Is that at all accurate, or merely a close approximation?
In modern Icelandic yes, Hekla is crochet' but it's believe that the name derives from something like a hoodie or overcoat. Not even I can fully understand my language when it comes to old naming traditions :)
@@JustIcelandic Linguistically speaking, that little nugget of info is is even more fascinating than two magma chambers! #IcelandicMysteries ♥
Depending on the size of any future eruptions by Hekla, I wonder if the trees would not simply burn if hit with lava certainly, in the case of a small eruption they might help to limit the spread of ash etc. but the in the longer term the whole project could be doomed. I also would not be building even a holiday home near a volcano with the reputation of decadal eruptions. . . Late 2021? did you mean 2022 perhaps? 😉
Never a dull moment in Iceland! 😅
2022 is correct, my mistake :) and yes, I would not place a house not waste time I tree planding close than 20-30 km from Hekla 😉
@7:31 ... hehe ... the ramifications of that fact are actually "huge" ... but, I'm sure that those you mention will find some way to play it down.
I hope you find it in your heart to remind yourself to remember that fact you've disclosed here @7:31 the next time you meet them in the pub ... with your camera.
Maybe you will catch / capture them playing the super intelligent compared to the rest of us card !
😂 always welcome
Is there perhaps a way to organise planting that could mitigate ash/lahar movement ?
Given an 'acceptable' level of loss to direct contact with the Hot Stuff.
Just thinking out loud ...
Not sure how that would work out but thanks for sharing and greetings from Iceland :)
I thought that peculiar that part of Captain Picard from Star Trek and data was put into the film
'I only found one scientific fact...we have no clue...." LOL! But it's so true, isn't it? Nature does what she does. We try to figure it out after things happen. But that doesn't mean things will happen the same way again.
Exactly :)
Scary, but your words s are so poétic.s..
Always welcome :)
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Welcome
Re-treeing Iceland sounds like a good idea, but concentrating on a technically active volcano seems a little wasteful. The only thing I have to compare it with (volcano in my own country) is Mt St Helen's. IT destroyed things for many miles around it, sending a tsunami from Spirit Lake 600 feet high, sending lahars that they think broke the sound barrier as far as speed goes, made Spirit Lake 200 feet deeper, left ash and debris deposits up to 600 feet deep. The plants and animals and people didn't stand a chance. And the destruction went beyond where the trees were knocked down due to the extreme heat. So, spending money and energy on an active volcano seems foolhardy vs replanting in more stable environments. Just my thoughts.
Has Hekla ever produced a monster VEI 6 eruption
Would you say it could halt European air travel?
Yes for sure
Takk fyrir þennan pistill. Já Hekluskógur og sumarhús?
Velkominn Sveinbjörn
Crazy people getting that close to the lava....
Yes they are!
Late 2021? It is 2022, you misspoke.😎
My mistake, sorry :)
Haha, a passive-agressive volcano...i like that😂👍
😁 Welcome
Mjög áhugavert. Takk.
Velkominn :)
Hekla only has very large eruptions when both magma chambers mix.
I would like to know more about what's going on under there, and will for sure be on the lookout for more info
wooo hooooooo .... First !
Welcome :)
@@JustIcelandic What do you win if you're first?🤣
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Welcome
Fire resistant running shoes. A product only needed in Iceland.
And a strong marker for it :)
I know Hekla from the piece by Jon Leifs.
Actually, I'm a little disappointed you didn't mention Hekla by Leifs. Known aa one of the loudest orchestral pieces wvwe written, it's why I looked up youe video, Gylfi.
I might do it when i make another version of this video, i need more footage than i had when doing this one.
If it goes off I guess that's a problem that causes global disruption.
I'd be really interested to know what's going on in Grindavik right now. For example, are people still selling and buying houses there, and how does the community feel about their future?
I'm not sure about global disruption from Hekla, possible but unlikely would I say but it's our fourth largest volcano, but as for Grindavík, it's just business as usual :)They don't complain while the fishing is good :) and the tourist traffic is also just fine :)
Áhugavert! 😃
Já maður er alltaf að læra eitthvað nýtt um Heklu
Not be being confused at your intro for a few seconds because Iceland is called 'Island' in German (it is pronounced Eezlahnd through) and I got confused withntranslating.
If the Icelandic volcano experts say that they don't expect a big eruption, you better tie your hat on.
I would really like to hear them speak up about this dual magma chamber theory..
The one thing any geologist will tell you, is that any “prediction” is just an educated guess based on past behaviors. Even if we had detailed data of what’s underground, we can NOT predict exactly how the system will act up next time.
@@RoxnDox Then how can you be experts? That just makes you observers.
@@General_Confusion I am no expert myself - my study of geology was all about surface and ground water. But, really your question hinges on the definition of an “expert”. If you want it to be a person who knows everything about the subject and can make absolutely correct predictions, then you’ll find NOBODY. If you make it a person who studies the subject, collects data, watches and observes, and tries to make predictions that match the observations, then yeah. A huge part of gaining expertise is doing a lot of observing, plus learning as much as you can from other sources, then trying to predict the future.
@@RoxnDox Iceland has got to be one of the most seismically and volcanically active places on the planet. If you can't get it right there, what good are your predictions?
PS: They were saying stuff about volcanos being teenagers back in the 70's when Volcanology was in its diapers ... diapers that incidentally need to be changed ... and sooner is always better than later.
Scarey!
It's a nasty volcano indeed
“Passive aggressive volcano” 😂
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Could be good could be bad. So the usual.
Welcome :)
@Just Icelandic i dream to visit so bad . Is there active fissures open currently
I think it was Hekla that was posited as the cause of a N. European famine in the first millennia.
Interesting that mount Hekla has been called the gateway to hell....So mount Sinai in Israel could be called the gateway to Heaven....There the LORD came down upon mount Sinai to the very top to call Moses up and give him the 10 Commandments. Exodus 19 says there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mount that rose up like the smoke of a furnace as the whole mount greatly quaked. People trembled as they viewed this. Zechariah,a prophet of the Old Testament talks of a day to come when the LORD will come from heaven to stand on the mount of Olives causing a great earthquake and big change in the landscape near Jerusalem. He will come to fight against nations not acknowledging His authority and save part of the Jewish people from annihilation. Zechariah chapter 14 verse 9 says “and the LORD shall be king over all the earth.(That same mount of Olives is the one where Jesus Christ agonized in prayer before dying near there on a cross for our sins.). Anyway, I hope this mount does not do great damage to Iceland! With prayers, Becky.
I like people to call a country the same as local call their country- like Turkey as insisted on being called Türkiye now. Take where I come from- various European countries call it their versions of its real name Kernow, we are Kernewek. The English call it Cornwall and we are Cornish. Shouldn’t the world use their brains and get used to the names Türkiye, Kernow, Ísland, Deutschland, Suomi, Danmark, Rossiya, Ukraïna, Alba, Éire, Cymru, etc. (Turkey, Cornwall, Iceland, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Ukraine, Scotland in Scot’s Gaelic, Ireland, Wales)? Or not- one size fits all American.
Fun fact;-
I used to work for a Native American tribe, I also studied it and a neighbouring tribe. While getting a history degree I was party to much more historical information than the average civilian. The tribes called themselves the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan, Mash-an-tuck-it Pee-Kwot and Mow-he-gan, primary sources from the 17th century had them as Ma-shan-ti or t’-kay Pee-kwoh and Mow or M’-ee-ghan. The modern names being smashed together American English one size fits all and the 17th century stuff being colonial proper English with possible French or Dutch influence.
Thank you for the updates about Hekla. I know Hekla has a history of erupting with short warnings and producing large amounts of ash. Hopefully, she will not erupt anytime soon.
Thats the main question, might it be better if she blasts off soon judging from history? always a mystery, that's Hekla :)