Iceland Volcano Eruption with clouds that reach 20 kilometers. Airspace was closed.
Erupcion del Volcan Grimsvotn en Islandia (May 21, 2011) from RTVCHD on Vimeo.
The current volcanic eruption in Grímsvötn on Vatnajökull glacier is the largest in that volcano 100 years and larger than the one in Eyjafjallajökull last year. It is similar to the eruption of 1873, according to geophysicist Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson. A large flood is not expected.
This morning the ash cloud was 19 to 25 kilometers high which means that the volcanic eruption is ten times more powerful than the last eruption in Grímsvötn in 2004, Gudmundsson told ruv.is.
However, it is not unique. Grímsvötn goes through phases where it erupts often in a period of 60-80 years, then there are quieter periods of equal length.
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