Volcanic Ash Cloud from Iceland

[dale]

those are amazing ones, gayle! thank you.
Here's one I only saw today
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
makes its own weather

[Carol P.]

More astonishing photographs of the volcano.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html

Gayle

Whoa-hoa, Gayle! That is some show!!! Imagine standing up-close like that! (And I tell ya, some people are going to make a tidy pile of dosh, selling those pix... an Ill Wind again...)

Slainte!
Bobbie

and they're probably collecting the ash to make glassware out of.  That's what they did after Mt. St. Helens erupted.

[MAK]

More astonishing photographs of the vocano.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html

Gayle

Awesome   

[MAK]

those are amazing ones, gayle! thank you.
Here's one I only saw today
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
makes its own weather

Totally cool shot!!!

[valhalla]

and they're probably collecting the ash to make glassware out of.  That's what they did after Mt. St. Helens erupted.

Hmmm....
I bought cases of toilet paper to avoid the price increase 

[ezsha]

From Earth Snapshot:

The erupting volcano in Iceland sent new tremors on Monday, but the ash plume which has caused air traffic chaos across Europe has dropped to a height of about 2 km (1.2 miles), the Meteorological Office said.

Visibility near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier was almost nil as falling ash saturated the air and covered agricultural fields with a thin layer of dust which could be dangerous to animals if eaten, local media quoted the police as saying.

There was a risk, however, that molten rock could create new pathways for water to run into the crater, causing more explosions and a higher level of ash production.

The ash plume, which has cost airlines millions of dollars per day in lost revenue, had descended to a lower altitude as strong winds continued to push the cloud southward.

The ash plume is very low. It’s not much higher than 2 kilometers. The column of ash rising from the volcano was as high as 11 km when it started erupting earlier last week.

Air traffic over Europe remained severely disrupted on Monday.

[Paul Hamilton]

Icelandic photographer Ragnar Sigurdsson has been taking some nice ones.

Paul

[MAK]

    

[valhalla]

Good Find, Paul!  These are really great images - so different from Hawaian erruptions.

[dale]

Icelandic photographer Ragnar Sigurdsson has been taking some nice ones.
Paul

no kidding, nice ones, wow...thanks, Paul.

[Aafke]

I just tried again to make some sun pictures.
Here is one to start.
greetings Aafke

That's gorgeous! I am glad you got there before he was gone into the sea. (I love that turn of phrase!) Where do you go to take pictures?

For this picture I went to the beach, 15 min from my home

[Aafke]

Aafke!  I didn't realize you were that close to the water.  Yeah, water haze and junk in the sky makes great sunrise/sunset pics!  More, please?

And Bobbi, you should be getting some in Ireland, too

Yes, we are, Janet - tho not as spectacular as they are farther north in Aafke's patch. My husband Rod has a nice one from early yesterday of the sky over our house at around 5am GMT (the dog wanted to have a wander...). Of course Dumb Me has trouble posting these but if I discover how, I will forward.

I meant to say with that last post, Janet - as in Ireland, nowhere in the Netherlands is that far from the water -  haha!! (Am I right, Aafke?!) Reminds of me an old saying about the Dutch landscape, polders etc.: "God made the world but the Dutch made Holland." In case you are wondering about the intent, Aafke, that has always been seen as a hymn of praise to Dutch creativity and ingenuity... and still it continues!

Slainte!
Bobbie

I think the farest place in The Netherlands to the sea is driving 4 hours in your car!
O, but talking about water, funny I think it's almost at every corner.

That's a very nice saying Bobbie, I never heard it before, my mother never told it to me.
greetings Aafke

[valhalla]

I think the farest place in The Netherlands to the sea is driving 4 hours in your car!

greetings Aafke

4 hours!  That's how long it takes me to get to NJ for pizza!   

[Bobbie Ireland]

I think the farest place in The Netherlands to the sea is driving 4 hours in your car!
O, but talking about water, funny I think it's almost at every corner.

That's a very nice saying Bobbie, I never heard it before, my mother never told it to me.
greetings Aafke
[/quote]

Isn't that something, Aafke! Not only are the Dutch ingenious - they are also modest!

Slainte!
Bobbie

[Donna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dDesUPkMo&feature=player_embedded#! video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCN5m6GbFGA&NR=1 Video of a Scottish family who just returned from Iceland...long video but amazing footage.