Iceland Volcano Eruption Update; What Will Happen Next, Meradalir Spatter Cone Grows

A new volcanic eruption began in Iceland, and has been outputting a high rate of lava for several days. In this brief timespan, a large spatter cone has grown more than 50 feet from the valley floor. Just like last year's eruption, the Meradalir volcano is following a similar pattern to Geldingadalir. As a result, we can predict what its eruptions will look like in the upcoming weeks to months.

Icelandic Meteorological Office: https://en.vedur.is/
Government of Iceland: https://www.government.is/
University of Iceland: https://english.hi.is/

Regularly updated datasets:
Ground deformation: http://brunnur.vedur.is/gps/reykjanes.html
Harmonic tremor: http://skjalfti-tremor.com/tremor-fagradalsfjall.html

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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute. https://volcano.si.edu/

Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google

Special Thanks to:
-Depart of Civil Protection in Iceland (Almannavarnir), https://www.almannavarnir.is/
-Ryan Webster, Youtube.com/c/XRyanLightning

0:00 Meradalir is Erupting
0:15 Spatter Cone Building
1:11 Lava Effusion Rate
1:42 Future Eruption Progression
2:24 Geyser-Like Eruptions
3:11 Comparison of Lava Output Rates

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