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
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
In late August and September 2014, this volcanic region of Iceland began spewing vast amounts of lava.
Published Sep 24, 2014
After covering a large portion of Iceland with ash in late May 2011, Grímsvötn Volcano left behind a small lake filled with meltwater and a hole in the Vatnajökull Glacier.
Published Jun 22, 2011
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
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
Eyjafjörður is a prime destination for whales, scientists, and tourists.
Published May 2, 2020
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
Heat, steam, and sulfur dioxide from the fissure eruption appear to affect cloud patterns around the volcano.
Published Nov 12, 2014
The world’s northernmost capital city, Reykjavik, Iceland, resides on geologically young land. The island’s location on the mid-Atlantic ridge where the American and Eurasian continental plates are pulling apart means that it experiences frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, but the same geothermal activity meets the inhabitants&rsquoe; energy needs by providing them with hot-water-powered home heating.
Published May 6, 2007
Ash and volcanic gases rise above this volcano in Indonesia.
Published Apr 25, 2013
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
