Helgi Skulason photographer
Eyjafjallajokull volcano
This picture of Eyjafjallajökull volcano was taken 2 weeks ago. It shows the exact area where the eruption is now. It is a mountain as we know a regulare mountain and on top of it is a layer of ice (the glacier) about 200 meters thick and on top of that is a few meters thick layer of snow. So when the eruption started from the mountain it broke its way though the ice by melting it and then surfacing with a massiv explotion and an open way for the dangerous ash into the air.
It will be interesting to see what this area will look like when the action stops. I will take a picture of that to show you before and after shots.
I thank you all my flickr friend for your questions and concern for my and my fellow contrymans well being. I am fine as other Icelanders are and will survive this with only propertie damages I hope. My biggest concern is for animals. They are in danger because water and feeding ground is poluted with ash which contains ingrediants that can be very painful and fatal for them.
Eyjafjallajokull volcano
This picture of Eyjafjallajökull volcano was taken 2 weeks ago. It shows the exact area where the eruption is now. It is a mountain as we know a regulare mountain and on top of it is a layer of ice (the glacier) about 200 meters thick and on top of that is a few meters thick layer of snow. So when the eruption started from the mountain it broke its way though the ice by melting it and then surfacing with a massiv explotion and an open way for the dangerous ash into the air.
It will be interesting to see what this area will look like when the action stops. I will take a picture of that to show you before and after shots.
I thank you all my flickr friend for your questions and concern for my and my fellow contrymans well being. I am fine as other Icelanders are and will survive this with only propertie damages I hope. My biggest concern is for animals. They are in danger because water and feeding ground is poluted with ash which contains ingrediants that can be very painful and fatal for them.