Stunning Iceland pic

[n2doc]

April 7, 2010 -- Photographer Albert Jakobsson knows how to be in the right place at the right time. He was on hand at the latest eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjajokull volcano over the weekend just as Earth was being slammed with the strongest geomagnetic storm in three years. The result: lava meets heavenly bliss as a ribbon of green aurora ripples above Eyjafjajokull's fire fountains.

A shot like that is one in a million, but Jakobsson's been lingering around the volcano for a while now, documenting the incredible juxtaposition of fire, ice, and celestial beauty. In an image taken last week, he captured the full moon as it cast a silvery pall over the proceedings:



more

http://news.discovery.com/earth/iceland-volcano-aurora.html

[aquart]

1. YOWZA!

[LynzM]

2. Wow!

Gorgeous... :)

[ixion]

7. took the words right outta my mouth

:wow: Stunning.

[Cha]

3. Awesome! Thank you, ncdoc!~

[inna]

4. The first one is truly awesome, one of the most amazing images I've seen. KR

[YOY]

5. ...

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B|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------
G|---0---3---5-|---0---3---6-5-|---0---3---5-|---3--0------
D|---0---3---5-|---0---3---6-5-|---0---3---5-|---3--0------
A|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------

[Wilms]

10. Fire in the sky!

LOL!

I can't really even read music, but I saw your post and it kindof jumped off the page.

Don't drive your neighbors nuts. OK? :toast:

[Lochloosa]

6. Thanks for the new Background.

:toast:

[Cheap_Trick]

9. Ditto.

Wife'll be glad I replaced my Iron Man 2 (Scarlett Joahnssen as Black Widow) wallpaper....at least for now....

[Altoid_Cyclist]

8. Thank you. No words to describe except..... OOOOH! AHHHHH!

I (like Lochloosa) also stole it for my new desktop.


:hi:

[supernova]

11. Astounding!

It does look like an alien world!

[Hekate]

12. Amazing! I want to go to Iceland now!

:wow:

[krispos42]

13. !

:wow:


Too late to rec, but I'll kick.

[fedsron2us]

14. This is escalating into a major eruption

New vents have opened under the glacier causing a plume of ash and steam to be thrown over 30000 feet into the air

http://img.visir.is/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=XZ&Date=20100414&Category=FRETTIR01&ArtNo=619874521&Ref=V2&NoBorder

The ash cloud has caused Norway to consider closing their air space.

The rest of western Europe may soon also be impacted

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/7591760/Icelandic-volcanic-ash-heading-for-Britain-expected-to-delay-flights.html

More here

http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/