Beste Satellite Image of Eyjafjallaj�kull Volcano Ash Plume Yet

The plume of ash and steam rising from the Eyjafjallaj�kull volcano reached five to six kilometers (17,000 to 20,000 feet) into the atmosphere on May 10, 2010, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua satellite captured this image.



The ash is blowing southeast over the North Atlantic Ocean. Volcanic ash from previous days closed airports in Ireland and Portugal on May 10, said CNN.

Red outlines the location of a hot spot (probably lava) on the su [...]

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