Sunday, April 18, 2010

    Identify this place


    In the news these days...identify!

    Ans. Eyjafjallajökull- translated as "island-mountains glacier" in Iceland,its eruption threw volcanic ash several kilometres up in the atmosphere which led to air travel disruptions in northwest Europe starting on April 14th 2010, including the closure of airspace over most of Europe.

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    Hirak Roy said...

    Eyjafjallajökull- translated as "island-mountains glacier",its eruption threw volcanic ash several kilometres up in the atmosphere which led to air travel disruptions in northwest Europe starting on April 15th 2010, including the closure of airspace over most of Europe.Thats why it was in news recently...
    BTW,looking at this pic,one phrase comes to mind - "How green was my valley..."

    Unknown said...

    Icelandic Volcano activity of Eyjafjallajökull

    bjt said...

    Eyjafjallajökull it's a glacier that covers an active volcano in Iceland. The one that erupted recently.

    goatboi said...

    Eyjafjallajökull