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In Pictures: 'Iceland Volcano Satellite Images'

By James Wray Apr 16, 2010, 16:13 GMT

An Eumesat handout satellite picture of the air space over Europe with the ash clouds from the volcanic eruption in Iceland, taken at 11:45 UTC on 16 April 2010. The volcano erupted under Eyjafjoll glacier and spew ashes into the air which endanger the jet engines and affect pilots' vision and have brought air traffic in vast parts of Europe to a standstill. EPA/EUMETSAT / HANDOUT

A four-way composite handout of satellite pictures of the air space over Europe with the ash clouds from the volcanic eruption in Iceland, taken at different times on 16 April 2010. The volcano erupted under Eyjafjoll glacier and spew ashes into the air which endanger the jet engines and affect pilots' vision and have brought air traffic in vast parts of Europe to a standstill. EPA/EUMETSAT / HANDOUT

An Eumesat handout satellite picture of the air space over Europe with the ash clouds from the volcanic eruption in Iceland, taken at 11:00 UTC on 16 April 2010. The volcano erupted under Eyjafjoll glacier and spew ashes into the air which endanger the jet engines and affect pilots' vision and have brought air traffic in vast parts of Europe to a standstill. EPA/EUMETSAT / HANDOUT

A satellite picture of the air space above Iceland with the ash clouds of 15 April 2010. The volcano erupted under Eyjafjoll glacier and spew ashes into the air which endanger the jet engines and affect pilots' vision and have brought air traffic in vast parts of Europe to a standstill. EPA/EUMETSAT

A four way composite photo from EUMETSAT howing images of the air space above Iceland with the ash clouds taken on 14 and 15 April 2010. The volcano erupted under the Eyjafjoll glacier and spewed ashes into the air which endangers jet engines and affect pilots' vision and has brought air traffic in vast parts of Europe to a standstill. EPA/EUMETSAT

A NASA handout photo shows NASA's Terra satellite capture ash plume of Icelandic volcano on 15 April 2010. NASA's Terra satellite flew over the volcano at 11:35 UTC (7:35 a.m. EDT) on 15 April 2010 and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS instrument aboard Terra captured a visible image of the ash plume from Eyjafjallajokull Volcano.

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