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Volcano Still HOT
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Dust Cloud 24,000 ft. Moving 20 - 80 mph
Iceland's volcanic eruption results in major woes for world travelers and even the airline companies themselves. The volcano eruptions are still..
..a very hot topic - not the least of which is the effect it is having on the value airline stocks since the eruption.[click next photo]
The Internet is blazing with pictures of the volcano, flowing lava, billiowing smoke clouds and even - ICE chunks (that's right - ice chunks) caused by the volcanic eruptions in on this small island in the Atlantic Ocean.
These large hunks of ice are the remains of a glacier melted down and broken up by the extreme heat, explosions and moving lava caused by the eruptions here.
Europeans fear "dust cloud" to cause problems there:
Clouds, smoke and debris form together to make a virtual "hijab" (covering) over thousands of miles, even into Europe
Flames soar up higher than tall buildings, spewing molten lava from deep inside the earth's crust
Layers of clouds under he overwhelming size of smoke and debris resulting from the volcano's blasts
(compare to the mountain range beneath)
Over, under and surrounding in all directions, the smoke and dust residue makes driving very difficult
Dust and smoke form amazing clouds of huge proportions -
Darkening clouds of heavy smoke reaching thousands of feet into the air and hundreds of miles into Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and even into parts of Europe...
Anticipated countries to be effected by volcanic smoke-cloud formation
Locals had to destroy portions of roadways and bridges to allow flow of lava, rather than have it wipe out the entire road system.
The airline industry lost over 1.7 billion in six days (source: International Air Transport Association). Delta reported a lost of $5 million a day from the disruption. United Airlines, American Airlines and British Airways are among other carriers also forced to cancel flights due to the ash cloud caused by the explosion.
Plumes of smoke and steam rising up from the ocean floor as tons of lava flow into the sea.
Waves of lava, rock and soot now splash against the bank and sides of what was once a flow of water.
