Icelandic volcano erupted

[Dick]

Icelandic volcano erupted Published: May 21, 2011 11:20 p.m. Last Modified: May 21, 2011 11:19 p.m. REYKJAVIK - Iceland A volcano erupted Saturday in the largest glacier on the island. Above the volcanic plume of white smoke is a 15 km high. Reported that geologists. © AFP Grímsvötn The volcano is located in the southeast of Iceland under the Vatnajökull glacier and burst in 2004 for the last out. Geologists do not expect the volcano will provide a large ash cloud, which may interfere with traffic. That happened last year when the volcano is Eyjafjoell large quantities of ash emissions. Thousands of flights were then removed. Aviation companies and airports lose one billion members and many Icelanders faced "ashrain"

[pharoah21]

I think the volcano was just laughing at Lord Ra'els statement to the world today

[sshenry]

Isn't that the same volcano that erupted a year or two ago and caused all the comotion with european flights?

[astrid]

http://static2.stuff.co.nz/1306026773/316/5038316.jpg

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/5037961/Iceland-volcano-erupts-no-fly-zone-imposed

"LATEST: Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days.

The Grimsvotn volcano, under the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland, began throwing a plume of white smoke about 15km into the air Saturday (local time), Met Office geologist Hjorleifur Sveinbjornsson said.

The eruption was accompanied by a series of small earthquakes.

A no fly zone has been designated for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometres) in all directions from the eruption. Isavia, the company that operates and develops all airport facilities and air navigation services in Iceland, described this as standard procedure around eruptions.

"The plume of smoke has reached jet flying altitude and plans have been made for planes flying through Icelandic air control space to fly southwardly tonight," said Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, the spokeswoman for Isavia."

[Seikou-Kishi]

I wonder if this is an attack in response to Iceland declaring itself not bound to bail out the bank that caused so much trouble.

[astrid]

Yeah i was wondering the same thing.
ALthough reports are saying that this is a relatively small eruption.

Impressive images, though.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/WORLD/europe/05/21/iceland.volcano/t1larg.iceland.volcano.afp.gi.jpg

[Taurean]

Ah well at least something happened !

[oceanz]

On May 21st 2011. So we could 'bank' on something happening.

So the world is ending - they just meant the economic world for Iceland.

[astrid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxCkpTB5zY

no idea why this is not embedding.

But its a video of a fly- by over the volcano zone,

well worth a look.

Quite spectacular.


mods, please embed for me, thanks !!