Volcanoes in Our Times

The crater at the summit of a volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier spewed a gigantic ash cloud that covered much of western Europe and disrupted airline traffic for several days.
Arnar Thorisson / Helicopter.is / AP

Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Iceland, April, 2010
The crater at the summit of a volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier spewed a gigantic ash cloud that covered much of western Europe and disrupted airline traffic for several days.

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