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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Grimsvotn Volcanic Ash Plumes

GRIMSVOTN, ICELAND:

This satellite image, shows Grimsvotn volcano emitting ash plumes in Iceland. The cloud has forced the closure of Icelandic airspace and spread fears of a repeat of the global travel chaos that was caused by last year's Icelandic eruption, although authorities insisted that this Grimsvotn poses a lesser threat.

The white cloud sitting over north west Scotland is a low pressure system which has brought high winds and heavy rain to many areas of Britain.

The winds are coming from a north-westerly direction, blowing anti-clockwise round the low pressure system, drawing the ash plume from the volcano towards the northern half of Britain.

European air travel has been disrupted again!

-NASA/GSFC [Images]

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