Saturday 15 May 2010

Eyjafjallajökullcam

That pesky volcano on Iceland is still throwing up a plume of ash and now you can watch it via webcam. Click the images...


There's a thermal camera from the same viewpoint:


And a second camera:


Given that further disruptions are predicted I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

5 comments:

dave hambidge said...

Well found kind sirrah, I have bookmarked the site for regular visits! If the beast really does blow a head gasket, will the cameras survive long enough to record the event? Presumably the pressure wave goes at speed of sound/ image as light so a few seconds to watch the end of the world after it happened?

Andy Holroyd said...

I don't know how far away they are from the vent but say 2km. That's ~6 sec before the shock wave hits. It could be dramatic!

NobblySan said...

I'll be keeping a beady eye on it as well.

No1 son flies back from Italy for a few days shortly, and as I've organised a 21st birthday event for him, it could prove a real bummer if he ends up stuck at Pisa airport.

Andy Holroyd said...

Even more so if Vesuvius or Etna go up Nobbly. Er, sorry bad taste :)

Andy Holroyd said...

The wind has changed, you can see the plume clearly just now.