Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

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Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

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(Image credit: NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.)

A NASA satellite captured this image of the plume from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on April 15, 2010.

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

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This sunset was colored by ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in April. Apr. 15, 2010, Snaefell Mountain. Isle of Man.

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

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The sky was colored by ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in April. Apr. 15, 2010, Selsey, West Sussex, UK. The photographer also captured a nice gathering of Venus, Mercury and the moon (left to right).

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

This sunset was colored by ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in April.

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

(Image credit: Gleniffer Braes via Flickr)

From above Glasgow, a crow is silhouetted against the sunset with "a little bit of dust from the Icelandic volcano in the atmosphere," according to the photographer. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano spewed ash, steam and other stuff out of the earth and high into the atmosphere in April, 2010. Some rights reserved under Creative Commons license.

Iceland Volcano's Fiery Sunsets

iceland volcano sunset

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This image of sunset was taken the night the ash plume from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the UK during April, 2010. Some rights reserved under Creative Commons license.

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