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.
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.
In contrast to the explosive eruptions of the previous week, ash emissions from Mount Redoubt became more frequent but confined to lower altitudes on March 30, 2009. The commercial satellite GeoEye-1 captured a high-resolution view of the volcano the same day.