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These are the Eyjafjallajökull volcano's sismographs every ten minutes. The sensors are near the big sister Katla. For Katla, you want to keep an eye on the blue line as it shows tremors near there. The red and green lines originate from Eyjafjallajökull...You may want to read the two books on the side. The one on the left is very good, and the one on the right is due out on 1st June 2010. Latest Iceland Volcanic Ash Maps from the UK Met Office with No-Fly Zones Latest Iceland Volcano News from the UK Met Office Latest Volcano Eruption Assessment from the Icelandic Met Office Explain how the Icelandic Volcano is functioning to your children Google Earth 3D View of Volcanic Ash Cloud Great quality video of the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano |
Current earthquakes charts at the Volcano
Current news are here on this website, which has a special file. It's in Icelandic, use Google Translate to read it in English, it's a bit funny, but understandable enough.
High Level Pilots Discussion Forum Thread for Iceland's Volcano Ash and Flying
Some recent photos of the
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano| Status Report: 14:00 GMT, 08 May 2010 Eruption plume: Height (a.s.l.): 18-20,000 ft/5.5-6 km around 08:00h (commercial flight). 15-17,000 ft /4,5-5 km (according to scientists flying over the eruption site 12-13:00h). Heading: Southeast Colour: Grey/light gray. Tephra fallout: In Vík and nearest vicinity. Very small amount of fine, dark ash detected on a white plate in Hvolsvöllur 06:00 this morning. Lightning: No detections today over the eruption site. Noises: No reports |  |
 | Ash Falling on Village It's not just the airplane industry and travelers who are suffering the consequences of the volcano eruption. Ash is now falling on a village down wind from the volcano. People are advised to stay indoors, move sheep and horses. Rescue services helped by volunteers have started cleaning up but had to stop because the falling ash is continuous. Article in Icelandic (use Google Translate to read). Another article, here, in English. |
| Congested Air Space around Iceland With regards to monitoring and guiding the flights, the Icelandic ATC are working like they never did before. That's because they have to reroute planes at very short notice to avoid the ash which shifts with the winds. Iceland's air space is completely congested. Let's just cross fingers that there aren't any plane collisions... Article in Icelandic (use Google Translate to read). |  |
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