Eyjafjallaj okull Volcano

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Eyjafjallajokull before eruptions

Eyjafjallajokull is situated in the south-west of Iceland, by the sea and covers around 40 square miles. The volcano, which was dormant for 200 years, has ripped a 1km-long fissure in the ice. The ash is concentrated at a height of 6,000 metres precisely the altitude through which commercial airliners fly rising at points to as high as

Images from NASA and I nternational Press

The eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull

volcanic ash cloud from Iceland moves further south and east, forcing European countries to extend flight bans into next week. Winds blowing the massive cloud eastward from Iceland to Russia will continue in the same direction for at least two days and could go on until the middle of next week, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. "The ash will continue to be directed towards Britain and Scandinavia," Teitur Arason, a meteorologist at the Icelandic