Two broad swaths of wind-blown ash, many kilometers across, obscure the Icelandic coastline and sweep over the Atlantic Ocean in this natural color image from May 26, 2010.
Published May 26, 2010
A satellite records a vertical profile of the atmosphere and reveals the altitude of ash clouds.
Published May 25, 2010
A thick plume of charcoal-colored ash—one of the last big eruptions from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in May 2010—casts dark shadows on a pristine deck of clouds in this image from May 18, 2010.
Published May 24, 2010
Ash from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano continues to fill the sky over Iceland, but the plume is heading away from much of Europe.
Published May 18, 2010
Acquired May 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows an ash plume from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano roughly mimicking the southern Iceland coastline.
Published May 17, 2010
Acquired on May 15, 2010, this natural-color image shows a brown and gray plume blowing off the coast of Iceland from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano.
Published May 17, 2010
Acquired May 13, 2010, this natural-color image of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano shows a puffball of volcanic ash towering over a lower-altitude ash plume that fans out toward the southeast.
Published May 17, 2010
NASA satellite measurements show the height of the Eyjafjallajökull ash plume on May 7, 2010.
Published May 14, 2010
Reaching a height of 4 to 5 kilometers (13,000-17,000 feet), the plume of ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano rises above a sea of clouds in this image from May 12, 2010.
Published May 12, 2010
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano erupted a thick plume of ash on May 11, 2010.
Published May 11, 2010
A dense plume of ash and steam rises from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in this photo-like image from May 10, 2010.
Published May 10, 2010
A high plume of ash and steam from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano hangs over a lower cloud of wind-blown ash in this natural-color image from May 7, 2010.
Published May 7, 2010
A broad plume of brown ash spreads east and south from Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in this image from May 6, 2010.
Published May 7, 2010
A burst of high-altitude ash from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on May 4, 2010, led to another round of flight delays and cancellations in the British Isles.
Published May 6, 2010
Increased activity at Eyjafjallajökull Volcano caused a new wave of flight cancellations in Ireland and Great Britain in early May 2010.
Published May 5, 2010
Acquired May 2, 2010, this natural-color image shows an ash plume and steam over the summit of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano. An ash plume blows toward the southeast, passing over a dark ash field on the land surface.
Published May 5, 2010
Color codes reveal ash layers at different altitudes during eruptions at Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on April 19, 2010.
Published Apr 28, 2010
A pyrocumulus cloud rises through the ash above the summit of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on April 24, 2010.
Published Apr 26, 2010
These satellite images of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption show not only the extent of the plume, but also the amount and type of particles in the plume.
Published Apr 23, 2010
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano has quieted considerably over the past few days, with ash emissions continuing but only rising to a height of 20,000 feet (6,100 meters).
Published Apr 21, 2010
A NASA satellite spied the eruption plume and the heat signature of lava at the summit.
Published Apr 21, 2010
These images provide a stereo (3-D) view of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano’s eruption plume, illustrating how high the plume was compared to the surrounding clouds on April 19, 2010.
Published Apr 20, 2010
A billowing cloud of ash emanates from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on April 17, 2010.
Published Apr 20, 2010
A broad plume of ash extends south from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in this photo-like image from April 19, 2010.
Published Apr 19, 2010
A concentrated plume of ash from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano rises over a more diffuse cloud of ash, casting a dark shadow on the lower-altitude cloud.
Published Apr 19, 2010
This map shows the amount of volcanic ash and haze over the North Atlantic following the eruption of Iceland&rsquos;s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on April 15, 2010.
Published Apr 16, 2010
A tan plume of ash arced across northern Europe on April 16, 2010, when this true-color image was acquired.
Published Apr 16, 2010
Acquired April 15, 2010, this natural-color image shows an ash plume blowing from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano toward the east-southeast across the North Atlantic. The plume’s tan hue indicates a fairly high ash content.
Published Apr 16, 2010
A 100-kilometer-long plume of steam and ash stretches from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano towards Europe.
Published Apr 15, 2010
On April 4, 2010, lava poured out of two fissures near Eyjafjallajökull as the eruption near the Fimmvörduháls Pass entered its third week.
Published Apr 5, 2010
A steam plume marks the site of a new volcanic fissure in the Fimmvörduháls Pass region of southern Iceland.
Published Apr 2, 2010
The volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajökull persists into its second week, with continued lava fountaining and lava flows spilling into nearby canyons.
Published Mar 29, 2010
Lava fountains erupt near Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland, on March 24, 2010.
Published Mar 27, 2010
