The Eyjafjallajökull Eruption - Neatorama

The Big Picture blog has some stunning images of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. The volcano erupted on April 3rd and spewed enough ash into the air to disrupt air travel to and from Europe. See photographs of the eruption in progress and its effects on the atmosphere as well as satellite images. Link -via reddit

(image credit: Ulrich Latzenhofer/CC BY-SA)

Little known fact: Eyjafjallajökull means "soul-sucking demon that shoots fire from his eyes" in Icelandic.

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The English-language news report for this must have been hilarious.

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Ok, here goes

I-Jaf-Jal-La-Joouh-Kull

Anywhere close?

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JoeD - Volcanoes are she's :) And I'm not quite sure where you go soul sucking demon from.

Its a beautiful force of nature and should be admired and respected.

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@Prairie Dog

Ey-Ya-Fyat-Luh-Yo-KutL

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@JoeD: Eyjafjallajökull is a compound of eyja (gen. pl. of ey = island), fjalla (gen. pl. of fjall = mountain) and jökull (glacier). It is the glacier on the mountains opposite to the Westman islands.

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