Eyjafjallajökull Still Erupting
40,000 flights grounded since Thursday to avoid engine failure from Eyjafjallajökull ash
A new round of flooding has affected the areas around Eyjafjallajokull, as hot gases from the volcano continue to break up and melt the glacier that covers it.
Huge volumes of floodwater and massive chunks of ice, some reportedly as large as 3-story apartment blocks, have forced about 1,000 locals to evacuate their homes, most of them for a second time in 3 days. The floodwaters have almost completely washed off a causeway along the flooded Markarfljot river, which was severely damaged in the first round of flooding.
According to a local report, the eruption is somewhat weakening, and Eyjafjallajökull is producing less ash, for now.
Sunrise at Eyjafjallajokull
Valahnúk Webcam freeze frame of Eyjafjallajökull shortly after sunrise.
Hvolsvelli Webcam Image of Eyjafjallajokull. Freeze frame shows a large plume of ash, steam and gasses ejected from the volcano just after sunrise at 5;16UTC on April 17, 2010. The ash plume seen above dispersed within minutes of appearing, but about 30 seconds and a series of explosions later, a larger plume was spewed out of the volcano’s crater. See the dramatic sequences in the next update.
Click image to enlarge.
Staff from the Icelandic Meteorological Office flew with the Icelandic Coast Guard to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption site on the afternoon of April 16th 2010. At 4 pm the volcanic ash cloud was clearly visible above the cloud deck, rising at times to at least 30,000 feet. Steady winds from the east-north-east moved the cloud away from the volcano. The cloud height was variable from 25 to 30,000 feet and its colour varied from dark to white, depending on how much ash was in the cloud. Credit: Icelandic Met Office. Image may be subject to copyright.
The Surreality Test. Credit: Jónas Erlendsson via MBL-Is. Image may be subject to copyright.
The above photo shows the outlet glacier, which is dark at the top due to mud from the flash floods. At the base the glacier flows to the right of a large cracked rock.Credit: Icelandic Met Office. Image may be subject to copyright. More Photos…
A diagrammatic illustration of volcanic ash dispersion up to 20,000 ft, issued at 7 pm on 16 April. Advisory charts are issued every six hours, for up to 18 hours ahead, by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center. Source: UK Met Office.
According to the UK Met Office the cloud were moving over northern France and Austria, as well as eastern and central Russia. © Copyright EUMETSAT/Met Office.
The ash particles range in size from 15 × 20 µm to 70 × 85 µm. (1 µm is a millionth of a meter, or a thousands of a millimeter).
Ash dust particles (at ×400) collected from Aberdeen on the morning of 16 April. These particles are approximately 60 × 70 µm.
Ash dust particles at ×100. Source and Copyright Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Geoengineer This!
Credit: Golli / Kjartan Þorbjörnsson via MBL-Is. Image may be subject to copyright.
What Happend to Disaster Tourism?
The rascals coiled their tails and ran for the coast. Nearby roads covered in a thick blanket of volcanic ash. Credit: Ómar Óskarsson via MBL-Is. Image may be subject to copyright.
The All Important Pronunciation: ‘Aye-ya fyah-tla jow-kutl
Related Links:
Videos
More Photos:
Technical information:
Webcams – Volcanoes in Iceland
Latest Images (RUV): http://www.ruv.is/flokkar/hamfarir
Related Headline News
Related Sites in Iceland (English)
Fire-Earth Links:
.
Serial No 1,585. Starting April 2010, each entry on this blog has a unique serial number. If any of the numbers are missing, it may mean that the corresponding entry has been blocked by Google/the authorities in your country. Please drop us a line if you detect any anomaly/missing number(s).
