Observations for 2023 September 08


Last night the intention was to go out and take a look around Hveravellir for an hour or so before leaving. But overnight, not only did it start to rain, but there were winds up to 50mph. And that weather did not go away by dawn. So other than seeing steam from Gjósandi from our room window, I didn't see anything out there.

But since we were passing by, we had to stop in to see Strokkur again. The weather was not much better, but at least we only had a few showers in the 45 minutes we were at Haukadalur. Strokkur was not very cooperative. We only saw one burst eruptions, and most of them were weak. Two were so bad that I'd consider them to almost be false starts, if they weren't followed by normal eruption intervals. Maybe the weather had an effect, but that paper I mentioned yesterday doesn't mention any such effects.

Strokkur Geyser, 2023 September 08 12:12:45. Video by H.Koenig.