Snow and ash in Iceland
Volcanic mountain in southern Iceland painted by snow and by the ash blown from the neighbour Eyjafjallajokull volcano. The Eyjafjallajokull erupted in 2010 disrupting the air traffic in most Europe for weeks. Iceland inspired Tolkien's fantasy in The Lord of the Rings.
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- Europe (3777)
- Northern Europe (905)
- Iceland (287)
- Exact location (-19.1763 W, 63.8900 N)
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Sony DSC-W570
Taken on 23
July
2013
Submitted on 4 February 2014
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
Daniel Garcia-Castellanos (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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