. COUNTRIES: ICELAND : GEOLOGY: VOLCANOES: Over the Volcano Over the Volcano Global News Journal By Patrick Lannin Apr 20, 2010 10:10 EDT Reuters <http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2010/04/20/over-the-volcano/>Soon after we had boarded the flight from Stockholm to Reykjavik, one of the few commercial flights operating on Monday in Europe, he voiced the issue we were all thinking about: the ash cloud from Iceland.
You are probably wondering about the ash cloud from the volcano (he was right there). We will be flying upwind from it so we will be clear of the ash. But you should have a good view of it as we approach Reykjavik, he said over the inflight announcement system.
Despite such fears, when we took off from Stockholm the skies were completely clear, with great visibility down to the earth as we flew into the sky.
The views were stunning as we flew over the north of Norway, with snow capped mountains down on the ground easily seen.
The volcano in southeast Iceland has caused traffic chaos all over Europe, with a huge ash cloud spreading through the stratosphere. This has caused fears that ash could get in airplane engines and cause a disaster, meaning air traffic authorities have decided to shut huge swathes of airspace.
<snip> As we approached Iceland, the captain made anotherannouncement: if we looked out of the windows on the left side of the plane we could see the volcano.
And yes, having eased myself out of my seat (I was on the right hand side of the plane) and lent down to peer through the tiny window around the heads of other passengers trying to get a glimpse of one of natures most impressive phenomena, there it was a plume of white smoke wafting into the air in the distance.
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