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Eruption of Grímsvötn volcano, begins 21 May 2011Icelandic volcano eruption closes airportIceland closed its main international airport and canceled all domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam high into the sky. (May 22) (The Associated Press) |
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Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano is still pumping ash into the sky, with disruptions to European air traffic expected to carry on into next week. Photograph: Jon Gustafsson/AP |
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Ash rising into the air from an undersea volcanic eruption, part of the uninhabited islet of Hunga Ha'apai, 63 kilometres northwest of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa Photograph: Telusa Fotu/AFP/Getty Images |
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Llaima Volcano, Chile Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008. |
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Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador August 16, 2006. |
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Mayon Volcano, Phillipines August 7, 2006. |
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Merapi, Java, Indonesia Photo by Jack Lockwood, U.S. Geological Survey, September 6, 1982. |
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Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania Photo by Gordon Davies, 1966 (courtesy of Celia Nyamweru, Kenyatta University) |
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Augustine, Alaska Image taken by Game McGimsey, AVO/USGS, March 22, 2006 |