The volcano under Eyjafjallajokull glacier

The volcano under Eyjafjallajokull glacier
The fifth largest glacier in Iceland was showing signs of seismic activity, from the end of last year. The volcano’s activity was slowly increasing , with around 3000 earhquakes being measured between March 3-5.The magma was flowing into its vent.The final push of the magma came this April with a dramatic show, blocking off the sun, bright display of colors, the black carpet of ash across huge acres, the smoky sky with zero visibility, the local river water rise and finally no flights across the Northern Europe for six consecutive days. The flight disruption was the second one after the Second World War, around 63,000 flights grounded.

Heat from Volcano melted of the ice around the glacier, leading to the full flow of river draining the glacier, which was breaking off its banks.
This volcano is part of the series of volcano which sits on the north Atlantic ridge. The tectonic movements below this ridge is the cause of the seismic activity.
Though the volcanic eruption was not the big on the explosivity scale , but it was the size of the ash cloud , prevailing across the entire northern European sky , which was the reason for flight suspensions.
A contrast of black against the white back ground, with intermittent red hot fire raging out in the sky , even upto the height of 11kms,was a spectacular as well as horrifying display. The smoke with ash caused flights to be suspended all across Europe.

The last time this volcano erupted , in 1821, it went on for a very long time, till 1823.Its proximity to the bigger Mt Katla , was the cause of concern, which if triggered will send a mightier and more widespread global explosion The last two times Eyjafjallajokull erupted, it also triggered Mt Katla.