Steam rising from Grimsfjall volcanic eruption in 1998, Vatnajokull Ice Cap, Iceland
The 1998 eruption occurred at the southern edge of the Grimsvotn caldera, at the foot of Mt. Grimsfjall which rises about 300 m above the flat ice shelf of the Grimsvotn subglacial lake, on Vatnajokull Ice Cap. Higher resolution images available from rth@arctic-images.com (there is a licensing fee depending on the use).
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Ragnar Sigurdsson (arctic-images.com) (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Image
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JPG
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99.4 KB
Width
800 px
Height
687 px
Aspect
800:687
Coordinates
64.4200, -17.3300
Tint
Grayish blue
Submitted
10 January 2010
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