Iceland Volcano Eruption early 70's rare footage

[massmurder15]

@efex2007 actually yea it will and it has in some sence, if it follows history, it will set of its big brother which is 10 times the size of Eyjafjallajokull.

[MrChameleon2010]

That's insane. I've never seen a volcano before except Mt St Helens while in Portland Ore. My brother took me to the top of a hill where you could see it. But it was pretty far off. But i could see the smoke billowing out. It had calmed down by that time. I was there in 1981 about a year after it happened. Everyone in the area told me they had quakes in Portland.

[Nikulae97]

I LOVE ICELAND!!

[stads24]

WE studied this in Geology at university and how they were able to direct the lava in the bay using cold water.

[gerald1378]

is this in the same place as the one now 2010?

[amigozz4l]

@gerald1378 No, this was on an island, known as 'Vestmanneyjar' or 'Heimaey' . The one who's exploding now is in Eyjafjallajökull, or underneath the glacier. But it's not so far away though.

[mallet999]

@PainterofYou not on;y did they stay, the lava flow threatened to close off the harbour, they villgers and fishermen pumped sea water onto the lava flow to try and redirect it. they succeeded in svaing the inlet.

[totrav1]

good video

for another good one, just type in prestonchao in the youtube search box

[lawra77]

eflex sayd it was in 70's it will never happen again but it did nearly in 2010

[MrMAGICPOWDER]

WOW what a volcano

[efex2007]

but it was in the 70's. it'll never happen again . . . ha ha ha

[DreamsofMajesty]

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[FOTOwww]

Katyń2-ziarno wrzucone W ziemię .. wydało Plony PRAWDY (film)

[Kungcocos111]

watch my vid I filmed the eurption

[jackyboy35]

wow 86000 veiws in 3 min wtf

[MegaStuff]

watch?v=M0aFbHwDRh8

[rainbowdragon131065]

I remember seeing this eruption on the news as a child.

[dirtysanchez001]

@rainbowdragon131065 did they stop the flights? and for how long??

[LebaneseNostalgia]

wow look how much ashes :O

[HughToober]

nice

[MissMarshmallow98]

omg i remember this,,,,i live there and like 2 in the morning my father was called and tolled to go help peopl. i was soooo scared ,,,, every animak and human was saved,,,exept a horse named pjakkur ;(

[KlunkerRider]

I remember this, they used firehoses and seawater to cool the leading edge of the lava flow to redirct the flow away from the town and the harbor, and it worked!

[rhblakeman]

I spent 2 yrs in Keflavik from 80 to 82 and this type of thing is always going on somewhere on Iceland (Is'land as they spell it) besides the geysirs, mud pots, and mud more geothermal activity. Basically the island of Iceland is the build up of all the fissures that join in that area from the plates under the ocean. Beautiful place at times but more deadly with the volcanic activity and the long winters.

[solvisnaer55]

I live in Iceland and there is and Volcano going on rigth now go see it its on youtube just tipe in the Search bar "eyjafjallajokull"

[PoutyLoki1]

Really great video. Volcanos scare me, in their slow but steady and deadly advance.

[MegF142857]

What happened to the livestock, like those Icelandic horses seen in the video? Could they be evacuated?

[bishop59beads]

Excellent! Thank you in view of what is currently going on there. I visited Iceland a few years ago. It is the most beautiful and geologically interesting place I have ever been.

[Kassandraosn830]

HEY GUYS... GUESS WHAT? THERE IS A FOOTAGE OF THE ERUPTION THAT OCCURED IN ICELAND TODAY!

GO WATCH IT NOW AT 3k1

watchicelandvolcano . tk (remove the spaces between the dot)

[CrimsonStarfish]

Great footage. Hopefully there will be footage like this of the eruption that is going on now. Can only see it a little bit from where I live.

[lankey32]

@CrimsonStarfish you live there man? wow! im going to freind you so maybe you can update the rest of the world in case it gets worse! be safe!

[vallisss]

i love there..in westmannisland

[VooDooU22X]

Amazing .. i didn't know about that . i think unfortunatly we might be seeing a bit more of this kind of stuff in the near future .

[samuelkrizz]

i live the in Reykjavik and this is in the islan heimaey '(iceland)'

[robloxguggi]

þetta er á Vestmannaeyjum. Hefurðu aldrei heyrt um Eyjagos?

[Torn80cj]

I remember this footage very well. It was used in a lot of the volcano films back in the 70's. I sure wouldn't want to wake up to something like that going on.

[robloxguggi]

Actually my dad was there.

[belgianwolfie]

amazing footage

I'm in Iceland at the moment .... can't imagine what it's like to live in constant fear for volcano's ...

[pahico]

Well, you might, but people here don't live in constant fear of volcanoes.

There are 3 volcanoes within a 26 km radius of me..

OH MAH GAAAAHD, IAM SO SCAAARRD

No, actually of these three the last major eruption was in 1341.

What did the vikings do? They said: Oh.. An eruption. How nice!- And then they kept on doing whatever they were already doing.. Like drying fish or something.

:D

[gunnziboy]

i live there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[traxhax30]

my dad was in a fishing boat fighting his life for other people!!! he told me it was so hot ther they had to get the boat a way so the boat woud not melt!

[youwannabetube]

is that eldfjell?

[emmacart]

yeah it is...i climbed eldfjell in october on a geology trip to iceland :) its amaing that the ground at the top is still warm from this eruption. its very surreal.

[vallisss]

That is in Westmannisland i live Theere:! pm if you want to know anything about it ?:1

[iceboundalien]

I have been there a few times, its an awesome place. I am English but I live in Reykjavik

[hreader]

Magnificent footage of this eruption I've never seen before e.g. that lava flow bubbling like something in a pot! I liked the background comment re plate tectonics also - gives it context. At least the islanders ended up with an improved harbour.

[Ikkei02]

Are class was just talking about that... I LOVED IT!!!:)

[jagagaj]

I saw this on TV quite a while ago. They did end up saving the harbor.

Good vid by the way.

[texiscreen]

Some great film there, looks like there is some from Maurice and Katia Krafft's portfolio. This eruption sparked my interest in volcano's. Thanks for sharing this vid.

[eowentada]

Wow! Great older footage. I remember hearing/seeing about this on the news way back then.

Amazing that something so destructive can have its own beauty.

[ChristophersMum]

Still amazing after so many years. Thankx for sharing

[Tony87etna]

Bellissimo