Volcano erupts in Iceland

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

http://mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/05/21/horfdi_a_bolsturinn_koma_upp/

http://mbl.is/tncache/frimg/360/5/64/564368.jpg

Edit: Regular volcano, Iceland's most active...erupts maybe 10 times per century?

[Ares]

Is it that caldera one they were worried about? Or just a regular volcano?

[Horn]

From the photo it looks like a rager.

[Dogman]

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/05/2011521223345828845.html


http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2011/5/21/201152123845978360_20.jpg



Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting while experts say it is unlikely to disturb European air traffic.

The Grimsvotn volcano, located under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland's southeast, began erupting with a series of small earthquakes on Saturday, sending as much as 15 kilometres of white smoke into the air, Iceland's Meteorological Office said.

"It can be a big eruption, but it is unlikely to be like last year," Hjorleifur Sveinbjornsson, a geologist at the Meteorological Office, told Reuters news agency, referring to the April 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano.

Last year's Eyjafjallajokul eruption kept some 10 million air travelers in limbo worldwide for five days, after winds pushed the volcanic ash cloud toward some of the world's busiest airspace and led most northern European countries to ground all planes.

The Grimsvotn's previous eruptions have lasted between a day and several weeks, it's last being in 2004.

Scientists have been expecting a new eruption and have said that this volcano's eruption will likely be small and should not lead to air travel chaos.

But whether widespread disruption occurs again will depend on how long the eruption lasts, how high the ash plume rises and which way the wind blows.

Isavia, the company that operates and develops all airport facilities and air navigation services in Iceland, enforced a no-fly zone for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometres) in all directions from the eruption.

An Isavia spokeswoman described this as standard procedure around eruptions.

"The plume of smoke has reached jet flying altitude and plans have been made for planes flying through Icelandic air control space to fly southwardly tonight,'' Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, the spokeswoman, said.

A plane from the Icelandic Coast Guard carrying experts from the University of Iceland will fly over the volcano and evaluate the situation.

[Serpo]

http://visir.is/section/MEDIA99&fileid=CLP4238

[mick silver]

this could be the start of the end

[Horn]

Awesome Lightning @ 1:20... :o

http://vimeo.com/24084400

[gunDriller]

Awesome Lightning @ 1:20... :o


also looks like lightning going up from the ground at some points.

[Twisted Titan]

Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting while experts say it is unlikely to disturb European air traffic.


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