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Iceland’s Volcanic Ash Travels in Germany: Cloud Ashes From Iceland Volcano

Air travel to and from northern Europe were grounded or diverted due to volcanic ash particles of the risk of damage to aircraft engines. NASA is working with other agencies to use satellite observations to help identify and control risks caused by aviation volcanic ash. For more information about this program at NASA, visit: http://science.larc.nasa.gov/asap/research-ash. [...]

[Google Earth] Satellite images of Icelandic volcanic ash cloud

Today, the sky above my home in England, is rather empty. The air traffic authorities of the United Kingdom and those of many other countries across Europe have closed their airspace because of fears for the safety of flights due to a huge cloud of ash from the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano situated in Iceland – some [...]