Eyjafjallajokull
May 13, 2010
If you haven’t gotten enough of Eyjafjallajokull and it’s ongoing eruption (I know I haven’t, it’s beautiful and so scary), here’s a collection of some images of the mountain collected by boston.com (<–clicking the link will bring you straight to the site.)
(Also, If you missed this story entirely here is a link to the Wiki page (and some information) about the volcano:
The eruption is thought to have begun on 20 March 2010, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the top crater of the volcano in a popular hiking region called Fimmvörðuháls. This first eruption, in the form of a fissure vent, did not occur under the glacier and was smaller in scale than had been thought by some geologists.
On 14 April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull resumed erupting after a brief pause, this time from the top crater in the centre of the glacier, causing meltwater floods (also known as jökulhlaup) to rush down the nearby rivers, and requiring 800 people to be evacuated.[4] This eruption was explosive in nature and is estimated to be ten to twenty times larger than the previous one in Fimmvörðuháls. This second eruption, which is ongoing, threw volcanic ash several kilometres up in the atmosphere which led to air travel disruption in northwest Europe for six days from 15 April and in May 2010, including the closure of airspace over many parts of Europe. [14] The eruptions also createdelectrical storms.[15]. There are no signs yet of the eruption ceasing. )
Enjoy:
