Increased activity at Eyjafjallajökull Volcano caused a new wave of flight cancellations in Ireland and Great Britain in early May 2010.
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Acquired May 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows a plume from Grímsvötn on Iceland.
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Eyjafjallajökull Volcano erupted a thick plume of ash on May 11, 2010.
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Ash from Grímsvötn spread over the North Sea on May 24, 2011, canceling several hundred flights in Scotland and Scandinavia.
Atmosphere Volcanoes
Color codes reveal ash layers at different altitudes during eruptions at Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on April 19, 2010.
Atmosphere Volcanoes Remote Sensing
Satellite images captured the ongoing, low-level eruption of one of the Alaskan Peninsula’s largest volcanoes.
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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.
Ash clouds above Tungurahua Volcano reached altitudes of 37,000 feet (11,000) meters on April 30, 2011.
An explosive volcanic eruption in Indonesia has proved a hazard to air travelers.
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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.
Days after a large-scale eruption from Chile's Chaiten Volcano on February 19, 2009, volcanic ash lingered on the Patagonian landscape.