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Update on the Grindavik situation #Iceland 37

ATM there is only one vent active, while the 2nd vent stopped spouting last week. The remaining vent shows a stable activity and a continuous lava output at a low level. I sensed a slight tendency to slow down, but wouldn´t vouch for it.
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The current lava stream moves on top of previous lava. As it is less fluid and less voluminous as it was in the first weeks of the eruption, it doesn´t cover new ground but accumulates close to the vent, forming something like a little proto-shield volcano.
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The barriers that protect Grindavik have not been breached and likely won´t be breached in the near future if the eruption - and especially the lava output - doesn´t pick up steam once again.
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Nonetheless the ground is still rising which is a reason for concern, because it indicates the influx of new lava from a lava reservoir deep down. Experts don´t know yet where it is headed and whether it will erupt.
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