Such a beautiful location! And your footage is amazing of course! Thank you for sharing the awesome footage and your explanation of the faults and earthquakes and those reports that evidently only help 'certain' people. Thank you again!
Thank you very much for your video, giving this special view of Iceland. It is far beyond all those tourist-eyes-view and marketing stuff you can find all over. I have to hold a lecture about the geology of Iceland later today and will be visiting (again) Flatey and Húsavík after tomorrow. Hope you don't mind using your informations to underline some subjects. Takk fyrir!
Thanks for that video. I have to say, I would not drive through a tunnel at an earthquake- zone. Beautiful pictures and all these amazing colors. Can’t help, every time I see your videos, I dream of living there…
Thanks for the overview of Hafnarfjordur. An in depth loom would be gratefully appreciated. I had a dear friend from university who was from there and I never got the chance to visit. Thanks in advance
Some good things do come from settling the city on the fault line, we learn a lot more about the geology than if it were not there. It is however a precarious place to live. Then again, I think the same about all of Iceland. :)
It looks incredibly serene, you wouldn't think such forces could exist under that peaceful looking location. Many things are in the mix where Iceland is concerned.
This is fascinating. In June I set off to search for whales from Husavik, and also explored Vesturdalur and other local sites before visiting Myvatn. It is a pity I had not known about this video before going I got there...
Thank you for all your updates and beautiful footage. I have to say though hearing your voice takes me back to my school years in Shetland 😁. Loved it there will have to go back somewhen.
It certainly looks beautiful and peaceful there in this footage. You seem to be getting frequent good weather for filming with the drone. Here in the north of Ireland it’s over cast as usual. I could nearly count on both hands the amount of clear skies we have had in the last year. Which is really annoying because my favourite thing is to observe the night sky. Is there a known set time period between major earthquakes in this region ?
Actually not the 17th and 18th century were bad until the last m7 in 1910 and it's been better since then, so we really don't know how those cycles play out, if there are cycles when it comes to seismic activity then... and thanks for visiting :)
I remember going out for whale watching in Husavik. First we had some, well, greasy fries at the harbour plus some fish, and then the ship went out. It went up and down by about 4 mtrs, and after 30 minutes all I really wanted was to be dead. I was sooo green from being sea-sick, I sweared I will never go on a small boat again.
probably the fish. natives dont eat fish generally and feed tourist `prepared` fish that makes most people sick. the natives cute little joke on foreigners.
Very timely to watch this video (must have missed it before!🤔) in view of the current EQ swarms in the area (Sept 7-8/2022). Thanks for all your information, and for the beautiful drone flights.
Beautiful views of your country again. Thank you! Too bad we seem to have a near worldwide problem of politicians ignoring science. All of us will pay the price for that. I hope the next big quake there will spare the town.
I can't access the 2019 Northquake workshop report, but on a superficial scan of the 2006 Alcoa report, I see no overwhelming reason for the undeniably signicant earthquake risks to outweigh the economic advantages (cheap power, local port access) of the Husevik site for minerals processing. It's simply a matter of weighing the statistical risks of geological catastrophy against a ROI period that may be as low as say, 10 years. This should not deter an organisation with diversified facilities that can withstand the occasional unlucky break. Unfortunately, families drawn to this location by the employment opportunities do not have 'diversified facilities': all their eggs are in one basket, and an 'unlucky break' may well have dire consequences for them. It is for these people we should be concerned. False encouragement from the employers and their complicit political backers must therefore be countered with more people-oriented advice from independent scientists and communicators like your good self, Gylfi. With videos such as this, you are doing your duty by your countryfolk. If some choose not to listen, then whether we like it or not, some's futures are in the hands of Darwin.
At 3:38, it looks like a mud slide & the lace pattern at the bottom, just to the left, in the middle of the picture . I hope mother nature isn't sarcasitc any time soon either. I will have to research some things you talked about to learn more. It is good to research the history of the land to avoid natural disasters & what to look for like old scars from land slides. A drone would come in handy when it is a large area, when your at ground level looks can be decieving. Thank you Gylfi!
The geologists I've heard speak about 7+ magnitude earthquakes seem to think that a true megaquake of 9 or higher requires a subduction zone like in the pacific northwest USA. Rift zones need not apply.
To be honest I am more concerned with the risk of 7.0 - 7.3 quake that we are way overdue with in Árnes area If it happens during high tourist season when summer houses and cottages are full in this region = expect alot of problem and fatalities.
Ragnar Stefansson talked about this future quake in an interview in 2017 and he said its high chance this will happen before 2027 and very high chance before 2037....
Hi Gylfi...Governments all over the world work in the same manner...some more some less...so why are we not surprised at these results...all we do is pick up the pieces afterwards...and those responsible for it are either dead or got one leg on a bar of soap away from it...you have captured some wonderful areas of your Island...and to each there is a geological history attached...say safe my friend...love to you and your family from Scotland 😁🖖🎉
I have been to Husavik many time for whale watching and horse back riding. Have you ever been to the Ystafell transportation museum on 85 on the way to Husavik from Godafoss. It is worth the effort to see all the cars and trucks there. The talk about an smelter plant. Only by chance on one of my visits I went to the Fljotsdalur hydro power plant. The water that powers the plant come from the karahnjukauirkjun dam about 9 miles away through a tunnel. The water drops about 1000 feet down to the power station. My understanding is that the power generated by the power station is used for the Al smelting plant near Neskaupstadur. This was a great engineering feat. On one of my visits they were releasing water from the dams spillway. I was told that when they release the water. More water is released than flows over dettafoss. I don't know if that is true but I have video of the water going over the spill way. I enjoy your videos because I have been to the areas and only have seen them from the ground level. Your videos give a whole new dimension to what you see on the ground. I wish more people could see your videos of the areas they are visiting. It is incomplete to see Iceland only from the ground level. It is more spectator from your videos. On of my wife and I place that we visit that I would like to see a video from your drone on is Kerlingarfjoll. My wife and have hiked around that area. We find it interesting how the snow melts on the mountains and make it look like figures. Well less that a month to go when my wife and I will be in Iceland. Cant wait. Thank you Linda and Ben
Yes we get this huge waterfall as the lake filled up late summer, would like to get that with the drone, and Kerlingafjöll too, but I'm on a tour now in the south, plenty to edit when I get back in the next 1-2 days and greetings from Iceland Linda and Ben :)
Surely that depends on your perspective. From mine "the most dangerous fault in Iceland" is they keep changing their stock. As soon as I find something that I like, they take it off the menu. It's a nightmare ! Welcome, to the new norm !
Yes, politics overcomes science/geology and quite often common sense as well. Politics often driven by money. So what else is new? Thanks for this breakdown in geological and other history. Thanks for the video views. Fascinating, as Spock would say.
What is wrong with an aluminium smelting plant? As for building on faults, what about the San Andreas there's two major cities and 24,000.000 people built on top of that one. Great video thanks.
Iceland's town-planning/building policy seems very 'Pythonesque'; a bit like the 'castle/swamp' sketch in the Monty Python's 'Search for the Holy Grail': th-cam.com/video/aNaXdLWt17A/w-d-xo.html Daft, but totally plausible! (watch 00:20 to 00:45)
Nothing new here. look at Los Angeles, or Seattle. Or my own country building all the major cities in marshland below sea level. Yes, at some point it all wil go tits up. But humanity does not care about small chances during one lifetime.
Thanks for pointing out the stupidity and greed of the politicians, who have put lives at risk! All the more reason to be careful for who you vote for!
I can certainly understand your cynicism about planning decisions made. I imagine though that when a report comes out stating the dangers attached to any piece of real estate that the value of it must certainly fall dramatically, do you think that this may make that land very appealing to industrial entities who then put pressure and possibly bribes in place to get politicians to waiver local building and safety restrictions? I have very little faith in the ability of industrial giants to be empathetic to the safety needs of it's employees. Very interesting video, I can't fathom why after being demolished twice why the ppl. of any town would want to rebuild in exactly the same place, is it because it is a good place for a fishing industry? If so why not move the town off the fault line a few km. but still use the place as a harbor?
Ah politicians, it is a special kind of people. Expert in short term thinking, mostly with the next elections in sight. Lovely pictures, I hope the big one will delay a bit for the people who live there.
It certainly looks beautiful and peaceful there in this footage. You seem to be getting frequent good weather for filming with the drone. Here in the north of Ireland it’s over cast as usual. I could nearly count on both hands the amount of clear skies we have had in the last year. Which is really annoying because my favourite thing is to observe the night sky. Is there a known set time period between major earthquakes in this region ?
No we don't have any cycles when it comes to earthquakes there, but there was way more unrest there during the 16th and 17th century or until 1910 and it's been better since then. And as for the weather, sometimes it's only "window weather" but it's not been a good summer here up north..
Science has no chance when money and power is involved. Great footage and information as usual! 👍
👍 thanks and welcome :)
Please know that we all appreciate your insightful, beautiful and entertaining videos. Fantastic editing, photography and dialogue.
Thanks so much.
Thanks a lot...appreciated and greetings from Iceland 🇮🇸
Such a beautiful location! And your footage is amazing of course! Thank you for sharing the awesome footage and your explanation of the faults and earthquakes and those reports that evidently only help 'certain' people. Thank you again!
Thank you very much!
Fascinating video again! I'm looking forward to the video about the Reykjavik area.
I'm on my way south now to gather footage for them...
Very interesting video!!! Love the channel, information and footage!!
😊 thanks
Thank you for another great video!
Welcome and thanks 😊
Thank you very much for your video, giving this special view of Iceland. It is far beyond all those tourist-eyes-view and marketing stuff you can find all over. I have to hold a lecture about the geology of Iceland later today and will be visiting (again) Flatey and Húsavík after tomorrow. Hope you don't mind using your informations to underline some subjects. Takk fyrir!
Sorry for late reply, just got back from a photo tour but no problem :) feel free to use it
Oh, very informative, thank you! And for the awesome footage, Always so beautiful to see Iceland :)
Thanks for that video. I have to say, I would not drive through a tunnel at an earthquake- zone.
Beautiful pictures and all these amazing colors. Can’t help, every time I see your videos, I dream of living there…
Glad you enjoyed it and always welcome :)
Same here 🙄, I feel I just have being born in the (very) wrong country......
Thanks for the overview of Hafnarfjordur. An in depth loom would be gratefully appreciated. I had a dear friend from university who was from there and I never got the chance to visit.
Thanks in advance
It's on my list :)
Some good things do come from settling the city on the fault line, we learn a lot more about the geology than if it were not there. It is however a precarious place to live. Then again, I think the same about all of Iceland. :)
Thanks a lot and always welcome :)
Thank you for sharing, please take care 👍👏❤️
Thank you! You too!
Thanks for the information and the great videos the clarity of the landscape is awesome
Spectacular
Thank you 😊
I love the reds and hues of color as the drome flies
😁 welcome
It looks incredibly serene, you wouldn't think such forces could exist under that peaceful looking location. Many things are in the mix where Iceland is concerned.
👍 it sure is a strange country :)
Thank you, Great video!!!
Glad you liked it! and welcome..
Nice story, let's hope for the best... You did have amazing weather to drone this region ;-)
Yes I was chasing the weather 😁
Thank you for this interesting video of the Tujõrnes Fracture zone. It will interesting to follow going forward.
My pleasure and welcome :)
Going there in August for full 12 days, looking forward to it
Welcome to Iceland 😁
This is fascinating. In June I set off to search for whales from Husavik, and also explored Vesturdalur and other local sites before visiting Myvatn. It is a pity I had not known about this video before going I got there...
Thank you for all your updates and beautiful footage. I have to say though hearing your voice takes me back to my school years in Shetland 😁. Loved it there will have to go back somewhen.
That is awesome! and always welcome :)
It certainly looks beautiful and peaceful there in this footage. You seem to be getting frequent good weather for filming with the drone. Here in the north of Ireland it’s over cast as usual. I could nearly count on both hands the amount of clear skies we have had in the last year. Which is really annoying because my favourite thing is to observe the night sky. Is there a known set time period between major earthquakes in this region ?
Actually not the 17th and 18th century were bad until the last m7 in 1910 and it's been better since then, so we really don't know how those cycles play out, if there are cycles when it comes to seismic activity then... and thanks for visiting :)
Thank you.
I remember going out for whale watching in Husavik. First we had some, well, greasy fries at the harbour plus some fish, and then the ship went out. It went up and down by about 4 mtrs, and after 30 minutes all I really wanted was to be dead. I was sooo green from being sea-sick, I sweared I will never go on a small boat again.
Hehehehe😁 you got the whole package obviously :)
probably the fish. natives dont eat fish generally and feed tourist `prepared` fish that makes most people sick. the natives cute little joke on foreigners.
@@JustIcelandic I would pass on that package, lol!
Very timely to watch this video (must have missed it before!🤔) in view of the current EQ swarms in the area (Sept 7-8/2022). Thanks for all your information, and for the beautiful drone flights.
Always welcome :)
Beautiful views of your country again. Thank you! Too bad we seem to have a near worldwide problem of politicians ignoring science. All of us will pay the price for that. I hope the next big quake there will spare the town.
Yes we hope so and as always, thanks for visiting 👍
Ah, Husavik! Such a beautiful town. Been there in June and bought sweaters in a small shop in the port. Btw - very nice video with good filming!
Thanks a lot 😊
It seems I living in a dangerous spot here in Húsavík ^^
Well....I would say so indeed but the large ones don't come that often though
Politicians 😣 who will listen to scientists ...... that would be news 😏. Great explaining and footage as always! Thx. 👌👍
👍 welcome
Excellent
"So called green party..." sais it all! Same everywhere! ...
😁 aha....
I can't access the 2019 Northquake workshop report, but on a superficial scan of the 2006 Alcoa report, I see no overwhelming reason for the undeniably signicant earthquake risks to outweigh the economic advantages (cheap power, local port access) of the Husevik site for minerals processing. It's simply a matter of weighing the statistical risks of geological catastrophy against a ROI period that may be as low as say, 10 years. This should not deter an organisation with diversified facilities that can withstand the occasional unlucky break.
Unfortunately, families drawn to this location by the employment opportunities do not have 'diversified facilities': all their eggs are in one basket, and an 'unlucky break' may well have dire consequences for them. It is for these people we should be concerned. False encouragement from the employers and their complicit political backers must therefore be countered with more people-oriented advice from independent scientists and communicators like your good self, Gylfi.
With videos such as this, you are doing your duty by your countryfolk. If some choose not to listen, then whether we like it or not, some's futures are in the hands of Darwin.
Well spoken and thank you very much for you input :)
At 3:38, it looks like a mud slide & the lace pattern at the bottom, just to the left, in the middle of the picture . I hope mother nature isn't sarcasitc any time soon either. I will have to research some things you talked about to learn more. It is good to research the history of the land to avoid natural disasters & what to look for like old scars from land slides. A drone would come in handy when it is a large area, when your at ground level looks can be decieving. Thank you Gylfi!
Was this stock footage or is there still that much snow left up north in the fracture zone?
June was the coldest in Akureyri for 30 years, and it's not much better in Húsavík but it's my own footage
❤️
😁 welcome as always
Vááá, vissi þetta ekki varðandi Alcoa og það allt...áhugavert um leið og það er sorglegt að ekki sé tekið mark á gögnum.
Ég vissi það ekki heldur en fannst staðsetningin alltaf skrýtin út frá almennri vitneskju nema hvað þarna átti aldrei að byggja.
The geologists I've heard speak about 7+ magnitude earthquakes seem to think that a true megaquake of 9 or higher requires a subduction zone like in the pacific northwest USA. Rift zones need not apply.
To be honest I am more concerned with the risk of 7.0 - 7.3 quake that we are way overdue with in Árnes area
If it happens during high tourist season when summer houses and cottages are full in this region = expect alot of problem and fatalities.
Ragnar Stefansson talked about this future quake in an interview in 2017 and he said its high chance this will happen before 2027 and very high chance before 2037....
Thanks, Ragnar know this region well, I miss his voice from the earthquake news around here
Hi Gylfi...Governments all over the world work in the same manner...some more some less...so why are we not surprised at these results...all we do is pick up the pieces afterwards...and those responsible for it are either dead or got one leg on a bar of soap away from it...you have captured some wonderful areas of your Island...and to each there is a geological history attached...say safe my friend...love to you and your family from Scotland 😁🖖🎉
I have been to Husavik many time for whale watching and horse back riding. Have you ever been to the Ystafell transportation museum on 85 on the way to Husavik from Godafoss. It is worth the effort to see all the cars and trucks there. The talk about an smelter plant. Only by chance on one of my visits I went to the Fljotsdalur hydro power plant. The water that powers the plant come from the karahnjukauirkjun dam about 9 miles away through a tunnel. The water drops about 1000 feet down to the power station. My understanding is that the power generated by the power station is used for the Al smelting plant near Neskaupstadur. This was a great engineering feat. On one of my visits they were releasing water from the dams spillway. I was told that when they release the water. More water is released than flows over dettafoss. I don't know if that is true but I have video of the water going over the spill way. I enjoy your videos because I have been to the areas and only have seen them from the ground level. Your videos give a whole new dimension to what you see on the ground. I wish more people could see your videos of the areas they are visiting. It is incomplete to see Iceland only from the ground level. It is more spectator from your videos. On of my wife and I place that we visit that I would like to see a video from your drone on is Kerlingarfjoll. My wife and have hiked around that area. We find it interesting how the snow melts on the mountains and make it look like figures. Well less that a month to go when my wife and I will be in Iceland. Cant wait. Thank you Linda and Ben
Yes we get this huge waterfall as the lake filled up late summer, would like to get that with the drone, and Kerlingafjöll too, but I'm on a tour now in the south, plenty to edit when I get back in the next 1-2 days and greetings from Iceland Linda and Ben :)
12:35 - "...I was a bit shocked after doing my own research-not about the politics, though; nothing new there."
Well said! 😎
Thanks and welcome :)
Politicians are the same the world over . . . They always screw things up!?!?!?!?!?!?
This location is just as awful as they can get, they should have moved this industrial area further north.. it's not as we lack land around here..
Surely that depends on your perspective. From mine "the most dangerous fault in Iceland" is they keep changing their stock. As soon as I find something that I like, they take it off the menu. It's a nightmare !
Welcome, to the new norm !
Welcome :)
Yes, politics overcomes science/geology and quite often common sense as well. Politics often driven by money. So what else is new? Thanks for this breakdown in geological and other history. Thanks for the video views. Fascinating, as Spock would say.
Thanks a lot :)
What is wrong with an aluminium smelting plant? As for building on faults, what about the San Andreas there's two major cities and 24,000.000 people built on top of that one. Great video thanks.
😊 thanks and welcome
Hmm! I don't like the word experts, if you have to have an expert in your life, make it one that's not on the gravy train
👍 welcome
If there ever is a major earthquake remember it's not your fault
I'm sure of that now and welcome
Trying to listen on phone..no good..volume so low couldn't understand a word.
Try something with a proper speaker system.
I turn up the volume on my phone, which works well...until the ads come on and I get deafened!
Noted
Iceland's town-planning/building policy seems very 'Pythonesque'; a bit like the 'castle/swamp' sketch in the Monty Python's 'Search for the Holy Grail':
th-cam.com/video/aNaXdLWt17A/w-d-xo.html
Daft, but totally plausible! (watch 00:20 to 00:45)
🤣 I agree
Nothing new here. look at Los Angeles, or Seattle. Or my own country building all the major cities in marshland below sea level. Yes, at some point it all wil go tits up. But humanity does not care about small chances during one lifetime.
Thats right, and welcome....
Thanks for pointing out the stupidity and greed of the politicians, who have put lives at risk! All the more reason to be careful for who you vote for!
😀 welcome
In 200 years the sea will be at least 6m higher too !
What evidence is there of this? 200 years? Are you sure or are you using Greta Thunderbugs diary?
@@thebadterrorists5323 Look at all the sea level rise data and extrapolate as its accelerating , add on a couple of tipping events and your there !
Iceland is actually lifting up due to melting glaciers
I can certainly understand your cynicism about planning decisions made.
I imagine though that when a report comes out stating the dangers attached to any piece of real estate that the value of it must certainly fall dramatically, do you think that this may make that land very appealing to industrial entities who then put pressure and possibly bribes in place to get politicians to waiver local building and safety restrictions? I have very little faith in the ability of industrial giants to be empathetic to the safety needs of it's employees.
Very interesting video, I can't fathom why after being demolished twice why the ppl. of any town would want to rebuild in exactly the same place, is it because it is a good place for a fishing industry? If so why not move the town off the fault line a few km. but still use the place as a harbor?
i can barely hear you😟
Noted...
Thanks. You do good work but you must sometimes feel like an Old Testament prophet: always warning people and always getting ignored.
Thanks and welcome :)
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Ah politicians, it is a special kind of people. Expert in short term thinking, mostly with the next elections in sight. Lovely pictures, I hope the big one will delay a bit for the people who live there.
I hope so too, we build strong houses overall but this is just to close by this major fault I must say..and thanks for visiting😁
It certainly looks beautiful and peaceful there in this footage. You seem to be getting frequent good weather for filming with the drone. Here in the north of Ireland it’s over cast as usual. I could nearly count on both hands the amount of clear skies we have had in the last year. Which is really annoying because my favourite thing is to observe the night sky. Is there a known set time period between major earthquakes in this region ?
No we don't have any cycles when it comes to earthquakes there, but there was way more unrest there during the 16th and 17th century or until 1910 and it's been better since then. And as for the weather, sometimes it's only "window weather" but it's not been a good summer here up north..