The volcano is still going strong but the ash is turning more coarse,
and is falling again on the farms south of the glacier.
A hard times it has given the folks and livestock there.
Lava is flowing down and under the glacier melting the ice and thats
the white smoke seen on the camera.

The wind forcast for next 3 days is west and north westward so it
might disturb flights in Scotland if it blows that far.

good visability in the web camera fram this angle
http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-valahnjuk/

Thor, Reykjavik.

Iceland Review seems to think the chances of flight disruption are
slim with the change in ash characteristics :

http://icelandreview.com

The ash being emitted is much coarser than it was during the first
days of the eruption. The fine particles that caused the most
disturbances in the upper atmosphere, and thus disrupted flights, have
disappeared.

Oddsson was on a team of scientists who traveled up to
Eyjafjallajökull on Wednesday to collect samples from the ash which is
currently being emitted from the crater.

The geologists said they walked into a rain of volcanic debris. “We
didn’t go so far that we were at risk of being hit by boulders, only
smaller rocks and grains. You could feel them hit your shoulder.”

For the most part, domestic and international flight schedules in
Iceland returned to normal yesterday after the airports in Reykjavík
and Keflavík reopened. “It is running like a well-oiled machine,”
commented Hjördís Gudmundsdóttir, information office at ISAVIA.

It doesn’t appear as if the ash from Eyjafjallajökull will disrupt
flights in the coming days. Yet there is nothing to indicate that the
eruption is coming to an end; magma flow and the size of the volcanic
cloud is about the same as it has been in the past days, ruv.is
reports.

On May 2, 12:44*pm, tim wrote:
Iceland Review seems to think the chances of flight disruption are
slim with the change in ash characteristics :

http://icelandreview.com

The ash being emitted is much coarser than it was during the first
days of the eruption. The fine particles that caused the most
disturbances in the upper atmosphere, and thus disrupted flights, have
disappeared.

Oddsson was on a team of scientists who traveled up to
Eyjafjallajökull on Wednesday to collect samples from the ash which is
currently being emitted from the crater.

The geologists said they walked into a rain of volcanic debris. “We
didn’t go so far that we were at risk of being hit by boulders, only
smaller rocks and grains. You could feel them hit your shoulder.”

For the most part, domestic and international flight schedules in
Iceland returned to normal yesterday after the airports in Reykjavík
and Keflavík reopened. “It is running like a well-oiled machine,”
commented Hjördís Gudmundsdóttir, information office at ISAVIA.

It doesn’t appear as if the ash from Eyjafjallajökull will disrupt
flights in the coming days. Yet there is nothing to indicate that the
eruption is coming to an end; magma flow and the size of the volcanic
cloud is about the same as it has been in the past days, ruv.is
reports.

Thanks Tim, thorn.

On May 1, 11:21*pm, thorn wrote:
The volcano is still going strong but the ash is turning more coarse,
and is falling again on the farms south of the glacier.
A hard times it has given the folks and livestock there.
Lava is flowing down and under the glacier melting the ice and thats
the white smoke seen on the camera.

The wind forcast for next 3 days is west and north westward so it
might disturb flights in Scotland if it blows that far.

good visability in the web camera fram this anglehttp://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-valahnjuk/

Thor, Reykjavik.

Yesterday a team from the 60 minutes tv show went up there, and
without a permission from the local police, the team came back
unharmed and the American viewpoint can bee seen on the program
sometime in the future.
Saw a glass full of the first ash, it was wet but unlike clay it was
rock hard,
a nasty stuff indeed.

Ash cloud is going south east towards the british isles, but still
unclear how far it will go.
But it the euruption is still going strong as seen on this web cam
Hopefully working outside Iceland
http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos

Thor,Reykjavik.

On 2 May, 13:46, thorn wrote:

The volcano is still going strong but the ash is turning more coarse,
and is falling again on the farms south of the glacier.
A hard times it has given the folks and livestock there.
Lava is flowing down and under the glacier melting the ice and thats
the white smoke seen on the camera.

good visibility in the web camera frame this angle
http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-valahnjuk/

I saw a glass full of the first ash, it was wet but unlike clay it was
rock hard, nasty stuff indeed.

Ash cloud is going south east towards the British Isles, but still
unclear how far it will go.
But it the euruption is still going strong:
http://www.vodafone.is/eldgos

The initial phases of eruptions are always the worst for VAAC as the
volcano contains the full water table. Once that has dispersed, the
residue ash production relies on the ground water inflow.

It is probable that eruption cause their own dormancy, as cut off from
fresh inflowing water the microbes that initiate the reactions in the
first place become dormant.

Not that any of this applies to commerce which seethes no evil that
suiteth not.

I might have spoken too soon. And the Atlantic pressure charts seem
to show the isobars bringing it further east on Wednesday.....

From the BBC news website:


Ireland to re-impose flight bans


Aviation authorities in the Irish Republic say flights in and out of
the country will be banned because of possible risks from volcanic
ash.

The fresh restrictions will apply from 0600 to 1200 GMT on Tuesday.

"Ireland falls within the predicted area of ash concentrations" that
exceed acceptable levels, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said on
Monday.

Flights over Europe were banned for six days last month because of
fears of the effect of volcanic ash on jet engines.

The IAA said over-flights from the UK and continental Europe would not
be affected.