Minimize Eyjafjallajokull - Iceland, April 2010

16 April 2010 (From AFP) - Experts warned the fallout from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in southeast Iceland, which covered the skies of northern Europe Thursday, could take several days to clear. The eruption has already melted the 250-metre thick glacier around it, causing severe floods.

The volcano on the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland erupted just after midnight on Wednesday. Smoke from the top crater stacked more than 6,000 metres into the sky, meteorologists said.

Event Timeline
Envisat MERIS instrument image
These images show the Eyjafjallajokull volcano bellowing smoke and ash over a one-month period.
11 May 2010
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Technical Information
Product: ENVISAT.MER.FRS_1P
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Instrument Features: Full Resolution image (300 metre resolution)
Bands Combination: 7 (Red), 5 (Green), 2 (Blue)
Date of Acquisition: 11 May 2010
Orbit: 42849
Orbit Direction: Descending
08 May 2010
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Technical Information
Product: ENVISAT.MER.FRS_1P
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Instrument Features: Full Resolution image (300 metre resolution)
Bands Combination: 7 (Red), 5 (Green), 2 (Blue)
Date of Acquisition: 08 May 2010
Orbit: 42806
Orbit Direction: Descending
17 April 2010
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Technical Information
Product: ENVISAT.MER.FRS_1P
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Instrument Features: Full Resolution image (300 metre resolution)
Bands Combination: 10 (Red), 9 (Green), 8 (Blue)
Date of Acquisition: 08 May 2010
Orbit: 42806
Orbit Direction: Descending

This is the same image as the above, but has been created using different colour bands.

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Technical Information
Product: ENVISAT.MER.FRS_1P
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Instrument Features: Full Resolution image (300 metre resolution)
Bands Combination: 10 (Red), 9 (Green), 8 (Blue)
Date of Acquisition: 08 May 2010
Orbit: 42806
Orbit Direction: Descending
19 April 2010
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Technical Information
Product: ENVISAT.MER.FRS_1P
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Instrument Features: Full Resolution image (300 metre resolution)
Bands Combination: 7 (Red), 5 (Green), 2 (Blue)
Date of Acquisition: 19 April 2010
Orbit: 42534
Orbit Direction: Descending
AFP (French Press Agency) Images
17 – 18 April 2010 – Copyright AFP (French Space Agency)
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