Darling Rei, who has done such valiant work documenting the Icelandic volcanoes, is resting and we hope recovering. To stave off volcano withdrawal and keep the fund raiser going, here is some volcano art and links and, of course, the contact info for the Icelandic search and rescue.
Though nothing compares to Rei's coverage, there are other blogs following Bárðarbunga. Jón Frímann is an Icelandic layman, now living in Denmark and hoping to return, who posts a variety of information at Iceland Geology. Volcano Café is a blog child of Iceland Geology, with several key posters (dragons) and archives of informational articles. (both make me profoundly grateful for the tools kos has given us for managing comments)
The live webcams can be found here: Mila 1 and Mila 2. The Iceland Meteorological Office has a website, but I will not post a direct link to it to avoid swamping their limited resources. Happily several people have stepped up and post that information at secondary links. 3dBulge lets you visualize the recent earthquakes and vorklift reposts the sinking of the caldera at fifteen minute intervals, quite fast enough for addicts. It is striking to see the caldera sink after the big quakes.
And…action! Many of us wanted to thank Rei, but she feels shy about receiving gifts directly. Make her heart glad by donating to Iceland search and rescue. To quote her:
Daily Kos Styrktarátak Slysavarnarfélagsins Landsbjargar - our fundraiser for ICESAR, Icelandic Search and Rescue - has blown away all of my expectations. For those of you who didn't see the update yesterday afternoon, as of 11:30 AM (Iceland time), 129 individuals had given a total of $5088. It's just been astounding.
For those of you who haven't donated yet - or can donate more - you can do so here.
(or snail mail address: Skógarhlíð 14
105 Reykjavík
Iceland)
If you can, tack on $0.01 to the price or leave a message indicating that your donation is part of this fund drive. :)
As a reminder, I'm offering up two custom prizes of Icelandic goodies of your choice: one will be raffled off at random, weighted by how much everyone has donated, while one will go to the single individual with the highest total. Just to let you know, the number to beat for that stands at present at $300. But even someone who donates only $5 is still in the run for the raffle, and someone who donates $10 doubly so. :) And of course... the last thing I want to say?
A million thanks to you all. :)
Some artists' impressions of volcanoes below the swirling sulfurous cloud -
Images from Wikimedia; details in the links.