Monday, April 19, 2010

APOD 4. 3

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100419.html

Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano

This picture looks like ti should be about a story book with a very sad ending. IN reality this picture answers the question of the reason of how recent volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash. Even though the large ash plume was not uniques meaning there are storms like this one, the location was what made this pitcure very special, particularly wonderful it was in such well populated areas. The Eyjafjallajökull is a volcano in southern Iceland and this storm began to erupt, March 20. none of these eruption were unusually powerful, they were about the same power as most. This is a beautiful use of photography to help science.

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