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Wednesday 25th May 2011
Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
The eruption at Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland has paused. The ash plume has decreased from 24 km high at the peak of the eruption, to 3-5 km yesterday, and last night only steam was being emitted from the crater. No lava or ash was visible in the crater. The glacier south of the crater is covered with black ash. The glacier north of the crater is white. Keflavík International Airport in Iceland was reopened at 8 am this morning. The ash cloud has reached UK and Europe where more than 500 flights were cancelled.
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Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
The eruption at Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland has paused. The ash plume has decreased from 24 km high at the peak of the eruption, to 3-5 km yesterday, and last night only steam was being emitted from the crater. No lava or ash was visible in the crater. The glacier south of the crater is covered with black ash. The glacier north of the crater is white. Keflavík International Airport in Iceland was reopened at 8 am this morning. The ash cloud has reached UK and Europe where more than 500 flights were cancelled.
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Wednesday 25th May 2011
Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
The eruption at Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland has caused the cancellation of 252 flights in Europe. The flights have mainly been from Scotland and England, with minor disruption in Denmark. There is a possibility that the ash emissions will reach Germany, disrupting flights there. A Ryanair test flight from Scotland reached an altitude of 41,000 feet without noticing any effects of ash on the aircraft. In the areas surrounding the volcano, livestock have been killed. Some animals were blinded by the ash fall and fell into ditches where they drowned. So far the fluorine content of the ash is low, and the effects on livestock has been less than expected. Jökulsárlón, which is a glacial lagoon by the foot of Vatnajökull, has changed with the icebergs being covered in black ash and look like floating rocks. A large amount of lightning was recorded in the eruption plume.
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Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
The eruption at Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland has caused the cancellation of 252 flights in Europe. The flights have mainly been from Scotland and England, with minor disruption in Denmark. There is a possibility that the ash emissions will reach Germany, disrupting flights there. A Ryanair test flight from Scotland reached an altitude of 41,000 feet without noticing any effects of ash on the aircraft. In the areas surrounding the volcano, livestock have been killed. Some animals were blinded by the ash fall and fell into ditches where they drowned. So far the fluorine content of the ash is low, and the effects on livestock has been less than expected. Jökulsárlón, which is a glacial lagoon by the foot of Vatnajökull, has changed with the icebergs being covered in black ash and look like floating rocks. A large amount of lightning was recorded in the eruption plume.
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Tuesday 24th May 2011
Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
Eruptions continue at Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland. Ash from the eruption is expected to reach Scotland today. There may be some disruption to helicopter flights in oil drilling areas of the North Sea. Eurocontrol issued a statement that air traffic over the European mainland is not yet affected. Airports in Iceland remain closed, and flights from Greenland to Denmark were cancelled. Some flights between London and Scotland have been calcelled, as well as flights from Ireland to Scotland.
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Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
Eruptions continue at Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland. Ash from the eruption is expected to reach Scotland today. There may be some disruption to helicopter flights in oil drilling areas of the North Sea. Eurocontrol issued a statement that air traffic over the European mainland is not yet affected. Airports in Iceland remain closed, and flights from Greenland to Denmark were cancelled. Some flights between London and Scotland have been calcelled, as well as flights from Ireland to Scotland.
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Sunday 22nd May 2011
Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
Keflavík airport in Iceland has been closed due to the eruption of Grímsvötn volcano. Ashfall surrounding the volcano has already reached a thickness of half a centimetre. This is the largest eruption at Grímsvotn volcano in 100 years and larger than the one in Eyjafjallajökull last year. It is similar to the eruption of 1873 at Grímsvotn. A large glacial flood (Jokulhlaup) is not expected. This morning ash emissions reached a height of 15 to 18 kilometres, which is ten times more powerful than the last eruption in Grímsvötn in 2004.
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Sunday 22nd May 2011Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
Keflavík airport in Iceland has been closed due to the eruption of Grímsvötn volcano. Ashfall surrounding the volcano has already reached a thickness of half a centimetre. This is the largest eruption at Grímsvotn volcano in 100 years and larger than the one in Eyjafjallajökull last year. It is similar to the eruption of 1873 at Grímsvotn. A large glacial flood (Jokulhlaup) is not expected. This morning ash emissions reached a height of 15 to 18 kilometres, which is ten times more powerful than the last eruption in Grímsvötn in 2004.
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Grimsvötn Volcano, Iceland
An eruption began at Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland at approximately 17:30 UTC, on 21st May 2011. The volcano is located under the Vatnajokull glacier in south-east Iceland. The subglacial eruption sent a plume 50,000 ft high, which makes it the largest eruption in Iceland since Hekla in 1947. A 120 nautical mile flight restriction has been placed around the volcano. A group of people stayed in a hut in Grímsvötn volcano the night before the eruption, and had left an midday on Saturday six hours before the eruption started. The group noticed nothing unusual, but another group that climbed Hrútafellstindar in the southern part of Vatnajökull glacier said they smelled sulfur on the morning of 21st May. More than one hundred people climbed Öræfajökull, Iceland’s highest peak on Saturday and saw nothing unusual. A flood in Skeidarársandur is expected, and will depend on the exact location of the eruption. Eruptions in Grímsvötn are quite frequent, every ten years on the average and are generally short and small. Many of the eruptions have lasted from one to three weeks, the 2004 eruption lasted only four days.
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