Volcano in Iceland: The story told in video, time-lapse photos

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REYKJAVIK, Iceland – An Icelandic volcano was flinging ash, smoke and steam miles (kilometers) into the air Sunday, dropping a thick layer of gray soot in an eruption far more forceful — but likely far less impactful — than the one that grounded planes across Europe last year.
The country's main airport was closed and pilots were warned to steer clear of Iceland as areas close to the Grimsvotn (GREEMSH-votn) volcano were plunged into darkness. But scientists said another widespread aviation shutdown is unlikely, in part because the ash from this eruption is coarser and falling to Earth more quickly.
The volcano, which lies beneath the ice of the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland, began erupting Saturday for the first time since 2004. It was the volcano's largest eruption in 100 years.
The ash from Grimsvotn — about 120 miles (200 kilometers) east of the capital, Reykjavik — turned the sky black Sunday and rained down on nearby buildings, cars and fields. Civil protection workers helped farmers get their animals into shelter and urged residents to wear masks and stay indoors. No ash fell on the capital.
Scientists said the eruption was unlikely to have the same global impact as last year's eruption 80 miles (130 kilometers) away at the Eyjafjallajokull (pronounced ay-yah-FYAH-lah-yer-kuhl) volcano, which left 10 million travelers stranded around the world.
"It is not likely to be anything on the scale that was produced last year when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted," University of Iceland geophysicist Pall Einarsson told The Associated Press. "That was an unusual volcano, an unusual ash size distribution and unusual weather pattern, which all conspired together to make life difficult in Europe."
Still, Icelandic air traffic control operator ISAVIA established a 120 nautical mile (220 kilometer) no-fly zone around the volcano, closed Keflavik airport, the country's main hub, and canceled all domestic flights. It said Keflavik would stay shut until at least noon Monday, canceling about 40 international flights.

Volcano in Iceland: The story told in video, time-lapse photos, and tweets

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• Time-lapse .GIF: According to the time-stamp on these stills, Grimsvotn's dramatic plume took shape in a matter of minutes.
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• Britain: Better prepared for volcanic disruption?
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  LONDON - An ash cloud from Iceland could reach British airspace later this week, but a British official says the country is better prepared after an eruption last year shut down airports for five days.

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Volcano erupts in Iceland, spurs 50 quakes

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Iceland's most active volcano erupted Saturday, with a white plume shooting 18,000 feet into the air, scientists said.

The eruption was followed by around 50 small earthquakes, the largest of which measured 3.7 on the Richter Scale, according to Iceland's meteorological office.
There was a similar eruption at the same volcano in 2004.
Scientists don't believe this eruption will lead to air travel chaos like that caused by ash from the Eyjafjallajokul volcano in April 2010.
The Grimsvotn volcano is located underneath the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.
Sparsely populated Iceland is one of the world's most volcanically active countries and eruptions are frequent.
They often cause local flooding from melting glacier ice, but rarely cause deaths.

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More from Eyjafjallajokull Volcano photos

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clipped from www.boston.com As ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans. Some restricted airspace is now beginning to open up and some limited flights are being allowed now as airlines are pushing for the ability to judge safety conditions for themselves. The volcano continues to rumble and hurl ash skyward, if at a slightly diminished rate now, as the dispersing ash plume has dropped closer to the ground, and the World Health Organization has issued a health warning to Europeans with respiratory conditions. Collected here are some images from Iceland over the past few days. (35 photos total) The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset ON Friday, April 16, 2010

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Icelandic Volcano Erupts, Forcing 500 People From Their Homes

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clipped from www.businessweek.com March 21 (Bloomberg) -- A volcanic eruption east of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier has forced the evacuation of more than 500 people and the cancellation of all flights to and from the island, the Department of Civil Protection said. Farmers in nearby areas have also been told to leave their homes and the Icelandic Red Cross has set up three emergency centers to assist the evacuees, the department said on its Web site. The volcano, which hasn’t erupted for more than 1,000 years, is spewing lava from 15 places, the department said. The eruption started at about 10 p.m. local time last night east of the north Atlantic island’s fifth-largest glacier. The volcano erupted along a 1 kilometer-long (0.6 miles) rift, running from northeast to southwest. All flights have been canceled because the eruptions are taking place less than 120 miles from Iceland’s main airport at Keflavik. The cancellation has stranded about 1,000 passengers, according to the Department of Civil Protection.

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Breaking News: Iceland Volcano Eruption Eyjafjallajokull Glacier Feared of Melting

clipped from www.worldcorrespondents.com Breaking news of the hour is that one of the volcanoes in Iceland just erupted at around 11.30pm local time (7.30pm EDT).  The name of the volcano that erupted is quite difficult to pronounce and spell but to those who would want to know it is the Eyjafjallajokull volcano somewhere in southern Iceland.  Hundreds were immediately evacuated.  Reports have been passed that there were lava flows and ashfall that indicated eruption. The Eyjafjallajokull glacier which is beside the volcano, is the fifth largest in Iceland.  Reports say that the eruption was below the glacier and thus it could lead to flooding from the melting glacier.  Scientists are now assessing the situation and looking ahead on what is about to happen based on their findings.  More news and updates to come once we receive the latest.

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