ISLAND 24.3.2010-30.3.2010
Eyjafjallajökull - Fimmvörðuhálsi
bypassing Hafravatn on the way to Thorsmörk |
night view from northern Thorsmörk |
night view from northern Thorsmörk |
night view from northern Thorsmörk |
night view from northern Thorsmörk |
first impression after a long ascent by foot, 25.3. |
normal fountaining |
normal fountaining |
first, easternmost lavaflow down to Thorsmörk |
super-4x4 cars are able to do the ascent, too |
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lava flow winding down Hrunagil valley |
lava flow winding down into Hrunagil valley |
lava flow winding down into Hrunagil valley |
lava flow winding down Hrunagil valley |
Aa flows in front of fissure |
4-6 fountains are still active |
normal fountaining |
sometimes big lava shreds are ejected |
southernmost fountain |
lava bomb melting itself into the snow underground |
lava bomb melting itself into the snow underground |
1-2cm ejecta coves the underlying snow for many square kilometers |
lava shred ejection |
fissure with lavaflow/snow inducted steam-ash explosion cloud |
normal fountaining |
normal fountaining |
normal fountaining |
normal fountaining with ash-laden lava lance |
high energy lava lance |
high energy lava lance |
150° panoramic view |
Mýrdalsjökull cliffs facing down to Thorsmörk in evening light |
Mýrdalsjökull in evening sunlight |
fissure and steam-cloud in evening light |
fissure in evening light |
fissure in evening light, 25.3. |
fissure in evening light |
fissure in evening light |
fissure in evening light, 25.3. |
evening dawn and fissure seen from upper Fimmvörðuhálsi hut |
fissure reflects its light on surrounding mountains in evening dawn, seen from upper Fimmvörðuhálsi hut |
fissure reflects its light on surrounding mountains at night, seen from upper Fimmvörðuhálsi hut |
fissure in morning dawn 26.3., seen from upper Fimmvörðuhálsi hut |
Aa lava lobe advancing to the south |
Aa lava front |
ejected lava piece |
huge lava blocks, advancing and collapsing into southern direction |
morning view to Tindfjallajökull |
Aa lavaflow crushes underlying snow |
fissure and steam-clouds in morning light |
fountaining |
lava-snow inducted explosion cloud |
fountaining |
fissure with lava-snow explosion cloud |
Aa flow interacting with its own meltwater river |
lavaflow advancing to north |
Aa flow interacting with its own meltwater river |
lavaflow cutting through deep snow and ice layers |
just starting meltwaterfall as first sign of a lava breakthrough 26.3. 10:00h |
a few minutes later huge ice blocks and first lava chunks falling freely into the steep gorge |
instantly enourmous ash and steam is filling the complete gorge and rises kilometers high, a experience which is not frameable with images only |
first glimpse of the new lavafall through steam holes |
lavafall filling the gorges base almost instantly |
first view through steam to the minute old lava deposit |
clearer views after roughly one hour |
lava is falling freely and smashing onto rocks and depositing below |
lavafall overview |
dimishing lavafall with area above |
deposit below lavafall |
lavafall |
lavafall |
winterly landscape on the footpath down to Skogar |
eruption cloud in evening dawn seen from Solheimajökull |
eruption cloud in evening dawn seen from Solheimajökull, on the left side Eyjafjallajökull |
Solheimajökull glacier |
Eyjafjallajökull, seen from Thorsmörk |
fissure cone and steam cloud seen from Thorsmörk |
short visit of the Strokkur Geysir |
sunset |
Skogafoss with eruption cloud at night |
second visit of the fissure, now by helicopter, 28.3. |
advancing Aa flow |
steam explosion cloud behind fissure cone |
young lavaflow into a Thorsmörk gorge |
new, third lavafall and lavaflow down into Thorsmörk gorge |
new lavafall and lavaflow down into Thorsmörk gorge |
new lavafall and lavaflow down into Thorsmörk gorge |
lavafall down into Thorsmörk gorge |
lavafall down into Thorsmörk gorge |
Marc exposing himself above craning cliff while watching lavafall |
meltwater fall down to Thorsmörk |
Thorsmörk overview |
Marc protected against stormy and deeply freezing conditions |
dried meltwater gully |
meltwater cuts through ice and exposes the rocky ground |
Aa lavaflow crushes underlying snow |
new fissure cone |
extreme conditions with storm and deep frost while walking down the 16 km to Skogar |
Skogafoss |
Skogafoss |
Kleifarvatn in Reykjanes |
Kleifarvatn in Reykjanes |
geothermal area in Reykjanes |
geothermal area in Reykjanes |
geothermal area in Reykjanes |
geothermal area in Reykjanes |
geothermal power plants in Reykjanes |
Blue lagoon in a full moon night |
Video Clips
nighttime time lapse movie, view from northern Thorsmörk |
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strong steaming directly after fresh lava breakthrough into steep gorge |
new, few minutes old lava river, 26.3. |
lava fall down into steep gorge |
third, westenmost lava fall down to Thorsmörk, 28.3. |