bits and pieces from the northern island.
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 →
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 →
Today was a beautiful, sunny day in Iceland. Tourists stranded here by the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud and Icelanders were happily strolling the streets of Reykjavík. Others took their car, or rented one, to get as close as possible to the volcano, as we did yesterday (check our photos here). Traffic on IcelandChronicles.com was high, with … Read the full article →
…or you won’t ever leave (or reach) this island! It seems that in an effort to help all readers from other countries, I neglected updating those interested in the situation in Iceland’s air space. I must thank one of our readers for pointing this out. There is a reason for this, which might sound surprising … Read the full article →
Air traffic disruption will continue through the weekend, with the situation worsening as the ash cloud spreads throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Even countries like Sweden, that had reopened their air space earlier today, had to close it again in the evening. Depending on winds and volcano activity, chaos might continue in the next week. … Read the full article →
In the afternoon, we decided to take our car and travel towards the eruption, as many other people are doing in the country. We took many photos; here are a few, listed here in the order in which we took them, with the first photo being the one taken farther from the eruption. Unfortunately, weather … Read the full article →
Sorry for the lack of updates in the morning, but writing until 6 in the morning and waking up early is very difficult. During the night, two more floods from the Gígjökull glacial tongue (an outlet glacier of Eyjafjallajökull) reached the Markarfljót river, which caused flooding of the area similar to what we saw yesterday, … Read the full article →