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Volcanic ash cloud above United Kingdom

author: ESA/Novapix

reference: t-euirl-00004

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 47 cm

This image, acquired on 15 April 2010 by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), shows the vast cloud of volcanic ash sweeping across the UK from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, more than 1000 km away. The ash, which can be seen as the large grey streak in the image, is drifting from west to east at a height of about 11 km above the surface Earth.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ASH - CLOUD - DUST - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - ENVISAT - ERUPTION - EUROPE - EYJAFJALLAJOKULL - IRELAND - ISLAND - MERIS - METEOROLOGY - NORTHERN IRELAND - SATELLITE IMAGE - VOLCANO - VOLCANOLOGY -