El Hierro Volcano (Canary Islands) : Red alert – video recorded from an helicopter on November 8
Last update: November 9, 2011 at 3:28 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell
Update 09/11 – 15:09 UTC :
Helicopter video footage from yesterday November 8 as published by Diario El Hierro (video recorded by the Cabildo El Hierro)
(video on website below or @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFaZK6rE2vM&feature=player_embedded)
Update 09/11 – 14:01 UTC :
– Joke has just reported that she had spoken to the technicians and the Cabildo (authorities). The technicianstold her that the installation of the webcam was almost finished and that only the software had to be configured. The least that we can say is that this news is hopeful !
– Pevolca did meet at noon and as could be expected nothing new has been decided
Update 09/11 – 13:04 UTC :
The Rámon Margalef has been throwing a buoy near the eruption vent yesterday. The ship is now circling the area. What the ship is doing know can be called a calculated risk. We have to admit that the ship is doing great work in continuous sampling of the emitted gases and the water (he has been observed many times at the edge of the stain the last couple of days). As Patrick Allard was telling in this article before, the composition of the gases is predominant in calculating the risk for the population.
– El Pinar webcam is live again, but it is hard to see any detail in the sea due to the back-light
Update 09/11 – 12:41 UTC :
Picked up from the comments made below (Name and address known @ ER)
Cabildo de El Hierro and Telefonica are installing 2 webcams in La Restinga to enable people to follow LIVE the eruption events.
Cabildo de El Hierro y Telefónica ya están instalando 2 webcam en La Restinga para el seguimiento en directo del fenómeno eruptivo Twitter
If this message is confirmed, this is really good news, as Telefonica is the main telecommunications company in Spain and is maybe the only instance who is able to guarantee huge amounts of traffic.
Very Important Update 09/11 – 12:22 UTC :
– Scientists in La Restinga and Guardia Civil who is currently flying over the earlier jacuzzi location have reported that the vent has probably closed completely. The activity has completely stopped at the moment. The Rámon Margalef Oceanographic ship is now close to the eruption vent is is probably taking gas samples and water samples.
We expect to publish images soon.
The closure of erupting vents is a normal phase in this kind of activity. This does not mean that the volcano activity is completely over. If the volcano continues in the same pattern, the seismic activity may getting stronger again as the magma trying to find his way to the surface has been blocked.
for more and updates, go to: http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/