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Apparently a system upgrade allowed five individuals to withdraw non-existent money from their own accounts to other accounts. They did this repeatedly over a few days, amounting in about 400 million ISK, or over 3 million USD.


I'm from Iceland, so a latitude of about 64.15 or so. The extremities of the graphs kind of describe how the mood of the people swings up and down all year round. In the middle of summer, around the summer solstice, people are bordering on mania, enjoying endless daylight and trying to get the most out of each day. As winter solstice approaches, everything becomes more subdued, a bit depressed even. It's often a bit difficult to live with, especially during the shortest winter days, but the summers are so incredibly amazing that it feels like it's all worth it.


In Iceland, the president is chosen by simple majority of votes. The sitting president got about 39% of the vote. There were 9 candidates. Of course, this problem is usually brushed off saying that this is a largely powerless office, the prime minister and his cabinet hold the executive power.


A majority of votes would be 50.1%. More votes than any other candidate is called a plurality.


+1 for chart.js - use it for most charting needs and even created a Wagtail app[1] that uses Chart.js on the frontend to render charts based on user input.

[1] https://github.com/overcastsoftware/wagtailcharts


Seems to work, I'm located in Reykjavik Iceland and the website tells me there is no sun :)

Left Side: 0.00% Right Side: 0.00% No Sun: 100.00%


Suppose when you live in Iceland or other similar latitudes, and the sun starts to appear on the horizon, the preferred seating is the sun side to see hours long sunrise / sunset


That's a big assumption that the sun can even be seen lol it's always cloudy here in SE Canada it seems. It's nearly 8am the sun supposedly is up but the clouds are so thick it may as well be 5am.


SE Canada is like France, though. We’re talking Iceland here, which is way north compared


Oh I know Iceland is about the same as northern Labrador or even south east Nunavut. But here in SE Canada especially Newfoundland the warm Gulfstream and Labrador current both meet here so it can be quite foggy. Plus it seems we are like the tailpipe of North America every weather system seems to end up here even hurricanes.


More like there are two modes: no Sun or sunlight directly in your eyes.


I get the same result[1], and I'd have expected that if I still live in the Arctic, but I'm a lot further south and see the sun out the window right now.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/92jfFGy.png



The fissure length at its maximum is thought to be around 4km in length, about 2.5 miles. The output has diminshed and the webcam is zoomed in on the most active part right now, which is probably not more than a few hundred meters.


I live in Reykjavik, west side and close to the ocean. From the coast line there it is about 35km or 22 miles direct line of sight to the eruption site. I went out about 1 hour and 15 minutes after the eruption started and saw the lava flow about 100-150m in the air with my bare eyes. I've seen a few eruptions but they are always mesmerizing!

A (not very good) photo I took: https://imgur.com/a/Yc2apSu


Here is a video taken from the coast guard helicopter science flight around 1,5 hours after the eruption started:

https://www.visir.is/k/3260696d-37f9-4160-9b6a-3862fea52cb8-...


Ha, we might be neighbors. I took a pretty similar picture from Sörlaskjól. I just happened to be chilling for the evening when I saw the red glow on the horizon and snapped a picture just as it started going up: https://imgur.com/xLZqcqO


The aerial footage is absolutely mesmerizing and beautiful IMO. I'm jealous as I'd love to see at least some of the real thing.


Here is at least some interpretation of data with interesting graphs, like displacement graphs etc: https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/news/a-seismic-swarm-started-n...


I think you are misinterpreting this photo. Nobody has been paving over the fissures in the town. I think it's a combination of moisture, different coloured asphalt sections, and light/shadows that tricks the eye. As you can see in this drone footage [1] the car park asphalt is darker, and the hot water pipes ruptured in the ground create steam that spreads moisture over the asphalt, making it darker. Also, you have a building next to the car park which makes it even darker than the street.

[1] https://ruv-vod-clips.akamaized.net/76a26e8d-1190-492c-9163-...


To be fair, they never said the fresh looking asphalt was a result of paving over the fissure, just that it's there.


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