Eyjafjallajokull Volcano links

[wraithfodder]

Volcano links, well, just because… well, they are very fascinating. I wonder if it's because I watched so many prehistoric monster movies as a kid in which there were volcanoes...

This has got to be one of the most stunning images caught of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which erupted in April 2010 and wreaked havoc across Europe.


(C) Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Best overall site for news is http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/europe/2010/iceland_volcano/default.stm

and their TV channel is very good as well. More indepth coverage than CNN, etc.

 

Check out Icelandic papers http://www.icenews.is/ - http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/english/

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Photo galleries

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/ash-plume-from-space/

http://www.livescience.com/environment/iceland-volcano-plume-satellite-image-100416.html

http://uk.reuters.com/news/pictures/rpSlideshows?articleId=UKRTR2CU7J#a=1

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html

(incredible)

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html

 

Pretty lightning pictures from volcanoes.

http://www.livescience.com/environment/volcano-lightning-Eyjafjallajokull-100420.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36645958/ns/technology_and_science-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

 

Factbox on volcanoes and ash clouds – did you know some of those clouds can go

12 miles high? Whoa…

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63E3FL20100415

 

Toxic ash threatens Iceland animals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8629241.stm

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/797378--herds-in-danger-as-dust-settles

 

Royal navy to rescue for stranded tourists, etc.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/797423--royal-navy-to-rescue-stranded-brits-as-eu-planes-remain-grounded?bn=1

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36658772/ns/travel-news/

 

2 NASA Satellites Capture Last 3 Days of Eyjafjallajokull's Ash Plume

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/04/19/2.nasa.satellites.capture.last.3.days.eyjafjallajokulls.ash.plume.0

 

A map

http://www.thestar.com/staticcontent/795685

 

Volcanic ash costing airlines US$200 million a day

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/796470

 

Organ transplants, surgeries on hold

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63I3IU20100419

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/as-volcanic-cloud-drifts-air-force-medical-flights-continue/

 

Why so dangerous to airplanes

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63E3DL20100415

 

Worry about bigger volcano

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=36638792&#36638792

 

Will Katla erupt:

http://www.livescience.com/environment/iceland-volcano-related-eruption-100419.html

 

Sheesh, people cAN make money off the volcano after all

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/04/toyota-icelandic-eruption/all/1

 

Airlines want money

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-04-20-airlinecloud20_ST_N.htm

 

Can't fly due to ash? Buy a car on eBay.

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Man_beats_ash_crisis_with_eBay_car

 

Running out of medicine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8634441.stm

 

Flowers, food wilting, workers laid off

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8629079.stm

 

Happy stories

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36667380/ns/travel-news/

 

Travelers get an idea of what their ancestors must have gone through

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36688425/ns/travel-news/ns/travel-news/

 

A volcano in your backyard

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36643680/ns/world_news-europe/ns/world_news-europe/ns/world_news-europe/

 

Silver lining from the volcano? Bluer skies from less airplane pollution

http://www.aolnews.com/story/ash-clouds-silver-lining-bluer-skies/995110?cid=7

 

Pretty sunsets

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/7599195/Looking-at-the-bright-side-of-the-Icelandic-volcano.html

 

The sounds of silence for Heathrow neighbors

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/16/volcanic-ash-heathrow-hatton-silence

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/shut-and-listen/201004/icelands-volcano-cloud-has-silver-lining

 

And the Pittsburgh PA marathon benefits?

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10110/1051843-53.stm

More added 4/23!

Northern Lights over the volcano
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/7623192/Volcanic-ash-cloud-stunning-Northern-Lights-images-captured-over-Iceland.html (includes more picture and video)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1268225/Iceland-volcano-Northern-Lights-appear-ash-plume.html

and check out
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?searchPhrase=Eyjafjallajokull+ for a number of stories and more pictorials



Comments

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, hadn't known! *duh smacks self*

Yeah, I started reading on the volcano and collecting links. the photos they've taken are just fantastic.

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

Also, check out the International Volcano Research Centre;s site:

http://www.intlvrc.org/news.htm#eyja - this is your scientific site, but still mostly in layman's terms so you can understand what they're talking about.

Plus, they have live volcano cams set up on many of the major volcanoes like Mt. St. Helens and ones in South America. (Yeah, I'm a closet volcano geek too... will never, ever forget my first trip out to MSH in '97.:) )

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

These are amazing!! Thank you for sharing. Don't take mother nature for granted, people!

[crashbarrier.livejournal.com]

The telegraph has a gallery or awesome pictures which i think you have on your list. I definately liked to it a coupl eof days back.

I love volcanoes.. ever since i did my A-level geology. I hope to one day be able to go photograph one like those pictures.. because they are just amazing.. deadly.. but like most deadly things stuningly beautiful.

You know this mroning i looked into the "clear" blue skies and there were con trails everywhere, looked like a cloud spider had exploded. I guess they are throwing every possible plane into the air while they still can...

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a day (or more) without planes makes clearer skies. I know after 9/11 it was sure quieter. then after, they rerouted frigging NYC airplanes over our town. Probably just a fraction of what poor Heathrow neighbors go through, but annoying anyway, especially those #(!#! yuppie helicopters that buzz over.

But yeah, I'd love to see a volcano like that. I hope someone's taking some nice high-def video of this to put out on DVD!

[andrea-ze.livejournal.com]

so dangerous, so destructive...yet so stunningly beautiful.

Only thing I´m sad about is, that so many Island Ponies suffocated in the ashes...there were pics from those horses covered with white dust...spoooooky!

GReetings

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

They did? I know the farmers were getting them all in but with all the news over cancelled flights, poor Iceland got ignored.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup, Mother Nature does what she wants.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Must check it out.

[andrea-ze.livejournal.com]

Well, most ponies were saved - and tranfered to fields on the other side of the mountain, so the wind did not bring the ashes to them. But some died eventually. Those picvs were so...heartbreaking. Those herd was one of the "wild" running onces from the National Park...

And a lot of people lost their existence on this tinny island.
I was there once for holiday (riding and hinking).

[lamaudite.livejournal.com]

Wow!

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

Dude! I hate to say it, but the first thing I thought when I looked at that photo was "wow, that's like something out of a scifi show!"

[ladyniko.livejournal.com]

Here's another link to add to your list:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1766 - northern lights over Iceland are more intense with the volcanic ash.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Heh, don't think their CGI is as good as the real thing ;)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Definitely!