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Volcanos and Sunsets

JD Holloway

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Given that Iceland has decided it would belch a gazillion tonnes of Mother Earth's core into the atmosphere,
it behoves me to mention that we could be in for some very nice sunsets for the rest of the year.

So if you are out-n-about shooting landscapes this year (TOM...),

Good luck and thank Vulcan!
 
It should head east to Europe but will spread in the upper atmosphere globally.
 
No air traffic at all in Northern Europe/Scandinavia today or tomorrow. The wind is W/NW. There is sulphur smell here in Oslo and ashes falling down in northern Norway. The last time this volcano erupted (early 19th century) it lasted two years. It will be the end of air traffic in Europe if that happens again. This can evolve into a huge international distaster but this time on the northern hemisphere. Remember, this is not weather or forest fires. The ashes are melted glass and minerals. Not a good thing to breathe. And it is suicide to fly into the smoke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

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WOW thats a lot of ash....

The economic implications are frightening.
That being said, after seeing more images it isn't as big as I thought.
Time will tell.
 
Larry Gebhardt said:
Yeah...I'm sorry to so cavalier about it...had no idea.

Larry
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No problem. It is fascinating, I understand that. Today is a beautiful day here in Oslo, blue sky and warm(er) weather. But still no-go for flying. I was supposed to meet a client today to go through a documentary for grading next week. He had to cancel as he is stuck on the west coast.

Most of Europe is now affected. This is what it will look like Sunday afternoon, reaching as far south as Spain:

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Spread of volcanic ash:

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An image made available by NEODASS/University of Dundee which shows the volcanic ash plume from Iceland,
top left, to the north of Britain as received by NASA's Terra Satellite at 11.39 GMT Thursday April 15, 2010.
All flights in and out of the UK and several other European countries have been suspended as ash from
a volcanic eruption in Iceland moves south. The UK's air traffic control service (Nats) said no flights would be allowed
in UK airspace until at least 0700 BST on Friday amid fears of engine damage.
The airspace restriction was the worst in living memory, a spokesman said.
Photo: NEODAAS/University of Dundee/AP

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Fredrik Harreschou said:
No air traffic at all in Northern Europe/Scandinavia today or tomorrow. The wind is W/NW. There is sulphur smell here in Oslo and ashes falling down in northern Norway. The last time this volcano erupted (early 19th century) it lasted two years. It will be the end of air traffic in Europe if that happens again. This can evolve into a huge international distaster but this time on the northern hemisphere. Remember, this is not weather or forest fires. The ashes are melted glass and minerals. Not a good thing to breathe. And it is suicide to fly into the smoke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

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I am sorry to hear that. It is incredible that you can actually smell the sulphur in Oslo. I really hope that it stops erupting so that there is absolutely minimal damage and disruption to life.
 
Sam Taylor said:
I am sorry to hear that. It is incredible that you can actually smell the sulphur in Oslo. I really hope that it stops erupting so that there is absolutely minimal damage and disruption to life.
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My wife is Icelandic and has lots of family and friends over there. If the wind turns east Reykjavik will be covered in ashes. And even worse, if Katla - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla - start erupting as well nobody can say what will happen. It is five times bigger than Eyjafjallajökull. Scary...
 
Looking at the map Sanjin posted it seems Bristol UK might just be outside the main plume. I am sorry for the disruption it is causing, but last night was wonderfully quiet and at long last the police helicopter has stopped hovering over my house!

Looking forward to some timelapse evenings
 
I can certainly understand why people are having a hard time understanding why their flights are being cancelled when this is what it's looking like in Copenhagen right now:

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You can definitely see a dark haze in the horizon, but it's barely noticeable. But those particles are just as deadly to an engine as they are small.
 
Fredrik Harreschou said:
No air traffic at all in Northern Europe/Scandinavia today or tomorrow. The wind is W/NW. There is sulphur smell here in Oslo and ashes falling down in northern Norway. The last time this volcano erupted (early 19th century) it lasted two years. It will be the end of air traffic in Europe if that happens again. This can evolve into a huge international distaster but this time on the northern hemisphere. Remember, this is not weather or forest fires. The ashes are melted glass and minerals. Not a good thing to breathe. And it is suicide to fly into the smoke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9
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Don't forget how much of an international hub Heathrow is. This is affecting international flights everywhere.
 
Well it looks like the wind may change it's mind and give some of the good stuff toward west also. :)
 
Dominique Grenier said:
Wow, quite amazing! I don't get the lightning strikes, though... Is that usual in that sort of thing?
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I'm not exactly a meteorologist or anything, but because of the turbulent air over a volcano you would get some pretty intense weather. It would be like heat-lightning but on a much larger and more intense scale.
 
This really has been the most bizarre happening. More than anything it reminds us that mother nature is a force that we cannot do anything about when she decides to do her thing. Like many of my colleagues I'm sitting watching a blue sky in London waiting to get out to New York for a shoot. Should have gone out on Sunday, then today, and now we are rebooked for next Sunday. It is affecting so many people in so many ways, from the farmers who grow Mange Tout in Kenya for european markets to the 75 year old couple stuck in Greece unable to get home. So many people are completely stuck. At least it's nice an quiet in west London without the planes landing at heathrow.
 
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