[IMG]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/1004/icevolcano_fulle_big.jpg[/IMG] Why did the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruption_of_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull"]2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Ambox_currentevent.svg" class="image"><img alt="Ambox currentevent.svg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ambox_currentevent.svg/30px-Ambox_currentevent.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/1/19/Ambox_currentevent.svg/30px-Ambox_currentevent.svg.png[/url] in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_ash"]ash[/url] plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ztg0wUqKY"]noticeable[/url] because it [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull_volcanic_ash_17_April_2010.png"]drifted across[/URL] such well populated areas. The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull"]Eyjafjallajökull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Merge-arrow.svg" class="image"><img alt="Merge-arrow.svg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Merge-arrow.svg/50px-Merge-arrow.svg.png"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/a/aa/Merge-arrow.svg/50px-Merge-arrow.svg.png[/url] volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on March 20, with a second [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lINmtRiWQ7Q"]eruption[/url] starting under the center of small glacier on April 14. Neither eruption was [URL="http://www.popsci.com/environment/gallery/2009-03/top-10-volcanic-eruptions"]unusually powerful[/URL]. The second eruption, however, melted a large amount of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier"]glacial ice[/url] which then cooled and fragmented [URL="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070918.html"]lava[/URL] into gritty glass particles that were carried up with the [URL="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060607.html"]rising volcanic[/URL] plume. Pictured above two days ago, [URL="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100210.html"]lightning bolts[/URL] illuminate ash pouring out of the Eyjafjallaj?kull volcano.
