NASA's EO-1 Satellite Sees Ash From Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Slow Down (IMAGE)
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After two months of eruption -- with activity ranging from lava flows, to outburst floods, to ash plumes -- Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull Volcano appeared to be quieting down. As of May 24, 2010, heat signatures at the summit had dropped according to the Iceland Met Office, and explosive eruptions of ash had not occurred for several days. This image from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite on May 18 captured one of the last explosive ash eruptions from the volcano. The thick plume spread east from the summit, casting a black shadow over the clouds below.
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