Icelandic volcano ash plume as seen from space

[Stinky The Clown]

The gray plume in the upper center of the picture, from left to right. This is from today.



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100415110042.htm

[BrklynLiberal]

1. WOW!!!

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

[applegrove]

2. That's huge. I would hate to be flying today. The airports must be nuts.

[abelenkpe]

3. flights canceled

From:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/airspace-over-virtually-all-western-and-central-europe-now-closed

Developing: Eurocontrol says airspace closed in Ireland, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Germany and Poland. US taxpayer-backed delegations packing bags of money can still fly into Athens for the time being. Approximately 5,000 to 6,000 flights were cancelled due to volcanic ash on Thursday. Also, from Reuters, Iceland volcano plume expected to cancel 21,000 flights today, may spread to Germany and Poland on Friday, European agency says.

[applegrove]

4. Yup.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. That is a wild photo