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Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland

March & April 2010

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• The icecap of the glacier Eyjafjallajökull (meaning 'island mountain glacier') covers a volcano (1,666 metres or 5,466 ft in height) which has erupted relatively frequently since the last Ice Age.

• The volcano erupted twice in 2010, on 20 March and 15 April.

• The April eruption caused massive disruption to air traffic across Northern Europe and scientists claimed it was ten to twenty times more powerful than the March event.

• The most recent eruption before 2010 was from 1821 to 1823, causing a fatal glacial lake outburst flood. A previous eruption was in 1612. The crater of the volcano has a diameter of 3–4 kilometres (1.9–2.5 mi) and the glacier covers an area of about 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi).

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Smoke billows from an erupting volcano which seems to be close to the top of the Eyjafjalla glacier on April 14, 2010 near Reykjavik. All London flights, including those from Heathrow, will be suspended from noon (1100 GMT) today due to volcanic ash from Iceland that has already caused almost 300 cancellations here, officials said.

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An aerial handout photo from the Icelandic Coast Guard shows flood caused by a volcanic eruption at Eyjafjalla Glacier in southern Iceland April 14, 2010. The volcanic eruption on Wednesday partially melted a glacier, setting off a major flood that threatened to damage roads and bridges and forcing hundreds to evacuate from a thinly populated area. Picture taken April 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Icelandic Coast Guard/Arni Saeberg)

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A man takes a picture of a road that has been washed away by flood water following the melting of the Eyjafjalla glacier due to the eruption of a volcano on April 14, 2010 near Reykjavik.

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Tourists gather to watch lava spurt out of the site of a volcanic eruption at the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on March 27, 2010. Up to 800 people were evacuated in Iceland early on April 14, 2010 due to a volcano eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in the south of the island, police and geophysicists said.

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People gather to watch lava flow at the site of a volcanic eruption at the Eyjafjallajökull volcano near the Eyjafjalla glacier on March 27, 2010.

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8Lava spurts out of the site of a volcanic eruption at the Eyjafjallajökull volcano near the Eyjafjalla glacier in Iceland on March 27, 2010.

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9Lava spews out of a mountain on March 21, 2010 in Hvolsvöllur in the region of the Eyjafjalla glacier in Iceland. Note the linear pattern of lava eruption, typical of a constructive margin.

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10Steam and hot gases rise above lava flowing from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on April 3rd, 2010.

Original here.

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This image made available by NEODASS/University of Dundee shows the volcanic ash plume from Iceland, top left, to the north of Britain as received by NASA's Terra Satellite at 11.39 GMT Thursday April 15, 2010.

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The ash plume as it moves south east towards the UK

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YouTube• Excellent aerial views of the contructive margin (1.24 mins)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lINmtRiWQ7Q

• 21 March (1.24 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89a2t5O9UY

• 24 March (3.55 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpi04Ikcms

• lava and ash (3.55 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpi04Ikcms

• Plume of eruption from air (8.41 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qvTG0YOZ7c

• Various views of eruption (5.19 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVeFm40D6IE

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Web links

• Impact of Iceland’s eruption - http://www.uncoverage.net/2010/04/icelandic-volcano-may-impact-health-economy-world-weather/

• Ash prompts health worries - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100416-iceland-volcano-ash-plume-health-europe/

• BBC news - flight disruption, economic impacts, flooding in Iceland and health risks (includes brief clip) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8623534.stm

• And a little more from BBC at ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/

• And still more (16 April) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8624663.stm

• The Guardian (15 April) - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/15/iceland-volcano-eruption-ash-earthquake

• The Telegraph (18 April) - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/7601178/Iceland-volcano-an-eyeful-of-Eyjafjallajokull.html

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• Met Office (18 April) - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano.html

• British Geological Survey - http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/highlights/icelandic_ash.html?src=sfb

• Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruption_of_Eyjafjallajökull

• The Telegraph - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geoffreylean/100035164/theres-bigger-trouble-ahead-from-icelandic-volcanoes-as-the-world-heats-up-scientists-warn/

• Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fgw-volcano-flights19-2010apr19,0,7701134.story

• The Guardian (18 April) - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/18/eyjafjallajokull-iceland-volcano-eye-witness

• Tourism Industry implications - http://www.eturbonews.com/15558/tourism-industry-implications-eyjafjallajokull-volcano-eruption

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There’s no pleasing the English.

The last time they got the Ashes they were over the moon.

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