Eruption of Grimsvotn, Vatnajokull Ice Cap, Iceland
The Grimsvotn central volcano is Iceland's most active fire furnace with eruptions being periodic-they often occur in decade long bursts with long dormant intervals. The action between water and magma result in explosive eruptions that produce ash and pumice but no lava. 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)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
274.5 KB
Aspect
200:133
Width
1200 px
Height
798 px
Exposure
200 mm f/4.5 1/200 s ISO 100
Coordinates
64.4200, -17.3300
Tint
Very dark bluish green
Submitted
10 January 2010
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