{"id":81091,"date":"2020-01-12T10:20:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T10:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/phototours\/?p=81091"},"modified":"2023-11-21T19:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:19:16","slug":"eyjafjallajokull-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icelandaurora.com\/archive-phototours\/eyjafjallajokull-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull Volcano – South Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2010 the whole world heard about Iceland.\u00a0 A volcanic eruption under the Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull Glacier sent a colossal plume of ash southwards towards Europe and the UK.\u00a0 All planes were grounded because of the fear of damage from the ash cloud.\u00a0 The grounding of all European flights affected international flights all around the world.\u00a0 Luckily, this is quite a small Icelandic volcano. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull glacier is in South Iceland, close to the\u00a0Seljalandsfoss\u00a0and\u00a0Skogafoss\u00a0waterfalls and just a few miles from the coast.\u00a0 Inland, the glacier is adjacent to the Westman Islands, which are a chain of volcanic islands off the South Coast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you literally translate ‘Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull’, it means \u2018Island Mountain Glacier’. This is because it is included in the chain of volcanoes that make up the Westman Islands, although Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull is an inland mountain.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull Volcano is a stratovolcano, which means that it is more likely to send exploded ash into the stratosphere than lava flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  How to say Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Icelandic volcanoes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All Icelandic volcanoes are carefully monitored, but there is a priority given to the ones that erupt often or cause the most destruction.\u00a0 Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull hadn\u2019t erupted for 200 years and was not considered a threat, but they noticed that the summit of the glacier had risen by a meter.\u00a0 Changes in elevation are a sure sign of changes deep below the volcano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Volcano<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull Power<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Capturing lightning bolts with a long exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I managed to capture some lightning bolts in the ash plume when it started to get dark.\u00a0 This required an open shutter and long exposure because the lightning strikes were so quick.\u00a0 I took a series of 20-second exposures, and this was the most interesting.\u00a0 The long exposure captures several strikes which although not how the eye sees them, do demonstrate the power of nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo tours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although the volcano is no longer erupting, the Eyjafjallj\u00f6kull volcano photos are available as Canvas Prints<\/a>..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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