Development of the Ash Plume Between April 17 and 20 (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Development of the Ash Plume Between April 17 and 20

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The development of the ash plume from Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull volcano April 17-20, 2010, is tracked in this series of Envisat images. On April 17 and 19, the brown-colored ash plume is visible traveling in a roughly southeasterly direction over the Atlantic Ocean by the prevailing western air current. By April 20, much less ash is visible spewing from the volcano.

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