Just days ago… Lightning flashes within a cloud of volcanic matter as it
rises from the erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano
The volcano has now simmered to 80 per cent of its intensity, but scientists are warning that earth tremors could cause an even larger eruption at a neighbouring crater. An eruption at the Katla volcano would be ten times stronger and shoot higher and larger plumes of ash into the air than its smaller neighbour.
The two volcanoes are side by side in southern Iceland, about 12 miles apart, and thought to be connected by a network of magma channels. Katla is buried under one of Iceland’s largest glaciers, the Myrdalsjokull, which is 500m deep. This means it has more than twice the amount of ice than the current eruption has burned through, threatening a new and possibly longer aviation standstill across Europe.
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The enormous power of a volcano unleashed
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Not just molten lava emerging from the earth, but a lightning and winds as well
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The fireworks are more than a little impressive
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Fire and brimstone from the sky
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Nikola Tesla would have been proud to witness this
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More powerful than thousand of nuclear warheads
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Natures artwork is breathtaking
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Google map showing the location of the volcano
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Simmering down: A small plume of ash, dust and steam is seen
coming from the Iceland volcano which caused travel chaos
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Experts fear tremors from Eyjafjallajokull could set off other volcanoes
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Lighting, caused by collisions of volcanic dust, is seen forking from the lava
and ash erupting from the centre of the volcano
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Flights have resumed following the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull,
but experts warn there could be more to come
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A fork of lightning crackles in the volcanic cloud,
creating streaks of light against the dark plumes of cloud
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Red hot lava lights up the night sky as it spews from the volcano, with giant red clouds rising behind
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The volcano shows no sign of abating as a giant bolt of lightning strikes the ground through the ash cloud
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The path of a survey plane is seen as it takes measurements over the top of the erupting volcano
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Tourists gather to watch lava spurt out of the site of a volcanic eruption at the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on March 27, 2010.
Up to 800 people were evacuated in Iceland early on April 14, 2010 due to a volcano eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in the south of the island
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People gather to watch lava flow at the site of a volcanic eruption at the Eyjafjallajökull volcano near the Eyjafjalla glacier on March 27, 2010.
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