bits and pieces from the northern island.
I just realized, writing today’s update on the eruption, that we do not have a post dedicated to all the webcams pointing to the eruption. We have the links scattered here and there across our posts, so here you go. Vodafone.is: camera in Þórólfsfell, looking over the river Markarfljót and the glacier Eyjafjallajökull Mila.is: camera … Read the full article →
The eruption, which according to our search stats and the trends on Google has already faded away from most people’s minds, is still going in Iceland. In fact, today it has been reported by the Icelandic Met Office that the explosive activity in the volcano has been increasing steadily over the past 2-3 days. The … Read the full article →
For the first time since the beginning of the eruption, the main airport in Iceland, Keflavík International Airport, has been closed due to the ash coming from Eyjafjallajökull. Winds changed direction during the night, bringing ashes to the southwestern area of the country. The airport website shows that all flights have been cancelled. The other … Read the full article →
While most news report seems to focus on the effect of the ash cloud abroad (we have updated our map of the air traffic disruption across Europe) few international media are focusing on the effect of the ash cloud in the immediate surroundings of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and on Iceland. As we reported many times … Read the full article →
As reported today by the Icelandic Met Office, the eruption seems to have finally entered a different phase. The ash plume, today in the afternoon, had an average height of 4.5km (15,000 ft ), slightly less than in the past days, with decreasing windspeed that should slow the ash cloud’s movements. Many hints today suggest … Read the full article →
While many countries tried to reopen their airports, air traffic disruption will continue today throughout most of Europe, even though the situation might change tomorrow. The situation is actually changing every hour, so adjusting our rough country map is a messy business I will do in the next hours (you know, I am manually doing … Read the full article →
Iceland is often described, especially on travel package brochures, as the land of ice and fire. This is a decent description, but actually, as soon as you set foot on the island, you understand that this is a land where earth, wind, water, and fire are in constant fight against each other. Traveling through Iceland … Read the full article →
The biggest news, today, was the “clash” between the air industry and European authorities. Many airlines and associations representing their interests (also commercial, of course) are criticizing the restrictions imposed to air traffic throughout Europe, considering them unnecessary. Airlines that have conducted private test flights say that all their planes showed no noticeable damage after … Read the full article →