{"id":1827287,"date":"2024-02-09T14:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1827287"},"modified":"2024-02-09T14:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:49:37","slug":"satellite-imagery-of-the-eruption-near-grindavik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/satellite-imagery-of-the-eruption-near-grindavik\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite Imagery of the Eruption Near Grindav\u00edk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/marcolangbroek.bsky.social\/post\/3kkwynu63ez2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1827288\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/satellite-imagery-of-the-eruption-near-grindavik\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1540,1090\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-300x212.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-1024x725.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1827288 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"Satellite image of the smoke plume and lava flow from the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano near Grindav\u00edk, Iceland, taken on 8 Feb 2024 and processed by Marco Langbroek.\" width=\"760\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-940x665.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek-565x400.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grindavik-copernicus-sentinel-langbroek.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Copernicus-2A satellite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copernicus.eu\/en\/media\/image-day-gallery\/new-volcano-eruption-iceland\">imaged the smoke plume and lava flow<\/a> from the eruption of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fagradalsfjall\">Fagradalsfjall<\/a> volcano near Grindav\u00edk, Iceland yesterday; Marco Langbroek processed natural-colour and short-wave infrared imagery to achieve the above image, which he <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/marcolangbroek.bsky.social\/post\/3kkwynu63ez25\">posted to Bluesky<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/24\/02\/incredible-satellite-images-of-the-latest-volcanic-eruption-in-iceland\">Kottke<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/earthquake-swarms-and-an-imminent-eruption-in-iceland\/\">Earthquake Swarms and an Imminent Eruption in Iceland<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Copernicus-2A satellite imaged the smoke plume and lava flow from the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano near Grindav\u00edk, Iceland yesterday; Marco Langbroek processed natural-colour and short-wave infrared imagery to achieve the above image, which&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/satellite-imagery-of-the-eruption-near-grindavik\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[846],"tags":[1652,1641,1640,1642,177,1526,682],"class_list":["post-1827287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-disasters","tag-fagradalsfjall","tag-grindavik","tag-iceland","tag-reykjanes","tag-satellite-imagery","tag-sentinel-2","tag-volcanoes","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1820217,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/earthquake-swarms-and-an-imminent-eruption-in-iceland\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827287,"position":0},"title":"Earthquake Swarms and an Imminent Eruption in Iceland","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 November 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"A swarm of thousands of earthquakes have been recorded on Iceland\u2019s Reykjanes Peninsula over the past three weeks. It\u2019s a strong indication that a volcanic eruption is imminent. The town of Grindav\u00edk has been evacuated as a result. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has a page with updates and maps of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disasters","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/disasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Two maps showing geological deformation in Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, from the Icelandic Meteorological Office.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/earthquake-swarm-iceland-2023-1024x505.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/earthquake-swarm-iceland-2023-1024x505.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/earthquake-swarm-iceland-2023-1024x505.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/earthquake-swarm-iceland-2023-1024x505.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1805902,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/01\/how-satellites-revealed-the-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-eruption\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827287,"position":1},"title":"How Satellites Revealed the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha&#8217;apai Eruption","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 January 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"The BBC\u2019s Jonathan Amos looks at the ways satellites have collected imagery and data on the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha\u2019apai volcanic eruption.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disasters","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/disasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1806030,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/02\/the-rise-and-fall-of-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827287,"position":2},"title":"The Rise and Fall of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha\u2018apai","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 February 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"A storymap from Esri\u2019s Robert Waterman, based on Maxar satellite imagery, shows the rise and fall of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha\u2018apai from being two separate islands before a 2015 eruption combined them, through its time as an apparently stable but awkwardly compound-named single island until it got blown apart\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disasters","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/disasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1787268,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/05\/stock-analysts-use-satellite-imagery\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827287,"position":3},"title":"Stock Analysts Use Satellite Imagery","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 May 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"In\u00a0The Atlantic\u2019s May 2019 issue, Frank Portnoy looks at an unexpected use of satellite imagery: stock analysts counting cars in retail parking lots, among other things, to predict a company\u2019s revenues.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economics","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/economics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1834397,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/10\/satellite-imagery-before-landsat\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827287,"position":4},"title":"Satellite Imagery Before Landsat","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 October 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Speaking of historical satellite imagery, Bill Morris went digging for satellite imagery of what preceded Manicouagan Reservoir before it was created in the 1960s by Quebec\u2019s massive hydro dam projects. But since Landsat first launched in 1973, after the dam was completed, what imagery was there? Answer: CIA spy satellite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Surveying&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Surveying","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/surveying\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1786071,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/satellite-imagery-of-scottish-and-swedish-wildfires\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827287,"position":5},"title":"Satellite Imagery of Scottish and Swedish Wildfires","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 August 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"BBC News looks at how satellite imagery from the European Space Agency's Copernicus program is being used to help fight wildfires in the Scottish highlands. Meanwhile, the Copernicus program captured images of wildfires in Sweden last month.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather and Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827291,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827287\/revisions\/1827291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}