Reykjavik
How many weather offices have a volcano-cam?
Letting the air out of the tires for the rocky, err, road ahead along the Markarfljot, then through Thorsmork to Hrunagil in search of freshly baked earth.
This glacier fed the flood that filled the Markarfljot hours after we left...
...not that a flood necessarily would have stopped these researchers!
Deploy the Scientists!
Who are those guys? Are they following us?
Oh yes they are following us. An indefagitable German TV crew.
Doing Science!
River or cliff?
Cliff, every time.
TV crew completely unfazed by cliff.
Researchers also unfazed by cliff above steaming, sulfurous river.
Scientists, meet lava.
But the Earth just made that rock! How can you go and break it so soon!?
We're going where?
After burning her foot in the river, she brewed some volcano-water tea: no boiling necessary!
Imperial units or metric?
Farm and waterfall on the return to Markarfljot, after the flood.
Escaped horse on the return to Markarfljot.
They brought in the heavy iron after the flood of the Markarfljot...
...they also brought in a helicopter to survey the scene...
...oh and a radar-equipped airplane, since the armoured personnel carrier and helicopter were feeling lonely.
Ladies and gentlemen, what you've all been waiting for: a volcanic plume. This model is steam, not to be confused with an ash plume or with the surrounding water clouds. Just look at how it catches the sunlight.
When the flood covers your road, just build a new one on top.
Towards the ash.
Ash cloud.
Ash rain.
Entering the ash plume.
Collecting precious ash.
