jökulhlaup

There is a webcam from vodafone at the northwest side of the volcano - it caught the onset of the major flooding this evening

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Before:

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14:02 local

During:

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19:04 local

After:

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19:19

after that there appears to be some haze obscuring the view...

PS: aftermath

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13:30 the next day - the white bits are chunks of ice from the glacier - BIG chunks of ice...

From vodafone.is

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