Posted on 04/20/2010 4:31:15 AM PDT by VU4G10
As ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans. Some restricted airspace is now beginning to open up and some limited flights are being allowed now as airlines are pushing for the ability to judge safety conditions for themselves. The volcano continues to rumble and hurl ash skyward, if at a slightly diminished rate now, as the dispersing ash plume has dropped closer to the ground, and the World Health Organization has issued a health warning to Europeans with respiratory conditions. Collected here are some images from Iceland over the past few days. (35 photos total)
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Thanks! Great Pictures!
Those poor people and livestock! It must be horrible living with all that volcanic ash, every where .
I was never more convinced that the Global Warming fraudsters were bigger liars about what our planet is capable of.
Excellent pictures! Thank you!
Does anyone outside of Iceland actually know how to pronounce “Eyjafjallajokull”? I’m still trying to figure out “Ndamukong Suh” and have given up on “Nnamdi Asomugha”.
I yafyalla yerkel
Awesome pictures. In picture 18, is that a rock right behind that building?
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Latest Video.. Amazing Explosions !
http://blog.eyjan.is/omarragnarsson/2010/04/20/hvilikar-sprengingar/
European airline pilots warn governments about engine failures caused by ash amid pressure to get flights moving again
Pilots warn against ‘rash’ decisions to allow flights through the volcanic ash cloud amid pressure to get flights started again. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
European airline pilots warned governments and safety regulators today against making "rash" decisions to allow planes to fly through volcanic ash clouds amid growing pressure from airlines across Europe to create "safe flying corridors" to get flights moving again.
The pilots' intervention came as air traffic controllers dashed hopes that flights would resume from London Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted this evening by announcing that most UK airspace would remain closed until 1am tomorrow. Airlines said the restrictions, which meant only a few flights took off from airports in Scotland and northern England, were an over-reaction.
BA announced tonight it was cancelling all flights until midday tomorrow.
The UK's air safety watchdog, the Civil Aviation Authority, is holding meetings with national air traffic controllers, airline executives and Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, to discuss flying through zones with small amounts of ash. But the European Cockpit Association, told the Guardian today that any attempts to establish "safe flying corridors" through airspace where ash was present should not be rushed.
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“How the Earth Was Made” aired an episode about Iceland and the unique volcanoes. Very cool and frighting.
Youtube links for 5 parts in HD.
Iceland 2 of 5 HD - How The Earth Was Made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmCXKq9yAsA
Iceland 3 of 5 HD - How The Earth Was Made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX4wIc8wH-Q
Iceland 4 of 5 HD - How The Earth Was Mad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTTvRvRIjt0
Iceland 5 of 5 HD - How The Earth Was Made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8E4rtPiF_Q
Whoa. BTT.
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