Iceland Volcano Eruption Update; Golden Volcanic Glass Produced, Lava Effusion Drops

A new volcanic eruption recently began in Iceland just outside of the nation’s capital. It is now day 17 of the eruption, and the main vent has erupted a grouping of golden volcanic glass. Known as “Pele’s hair“, it is an unusual type of long and thin lava flow strands. While the lava effusion rate has dropped in recent days, the trail leading to the eruption has been greatly improved. In this video, I discuss how this occurred. Links to more official sources: Icelandic Meteorological Office: Government of Iceland: University of Iceland: Regularly updated datasets: Ground deformation: Harmonic tremor: If you would like to support this channel, consider becoming a patron at Another way to support this channel is to make an order via our gemstone and g