Wednesday, 25th May 2011
Volcano Eruption
by Orvaratli
Yes, as you might know there is another eruption in Iceland. This time it is the remote Grimsvotn caldera erupting. It erupts every 5 years recently. Usually small and short lived eruptions. Now its been 7 years since last eruption and this one is HUGE!! The plume reaches 20km in height. The place is in the most middle of nowhere one can be in Iceland in a center of a large ice cap. Access is hard, one needs to have a big 4x4 to get there. Airplanes can go close because the ash cloud reaches into all directions with alot of lightning activity. Those on the ground near the volcano risk been zapped by one of them. Me and Gunnar Gestur went north Sprengisandur. We were about 60-70km from the eruption but we still had to look up to see the top of the plume.
Orvaratli
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Volcano Eruption by Orvaratli was photo of the day on Wednesday, 25th May 2011. It is tagged Eruption, Iceland, Lightning, Volcano. You can leave a comment below.
21 Comments
Toni Aull
Award Winner!!
Paul Van Cauteren
Good picture !
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(thanks to “your” volcano, air traffic here in Europe risks to be blocked …
Daniel Arenas
Awesome, gorgeous, fantastic, spectacular, utterly pretty… Do you need more adjectives to describe this huge and fantastic spectacle of Mother Nature in this lovely country?
Your picture describes very well the situation and has also a very good sense of composition and aesthetic.
Justine
Really really amazing shot! WOW.
Ruben Vicente
Many congrats Orvar, magestic photo!
art x
fantastic shot
Tilana Stander
Wow! amazing!
Renato
As I met the eruption of the volcano in Iceland thought of you.
I knew we would present a dramatic picture of what happened.
Congratulations.
Samantha Goode
Fantastic capture. How incredible to witness this in person. Amazing!
Helen Hart
Oh gosh, what a sight! And a fabulous picture of it!
Matt Payne
This shot is wonderful.
Marie Dunphy Harding
It’s hard to believe that something this beautiful can be so destructive. Great work, Orvaratli!
Joyce
I’ve gone into your website and must say your pictures are phenomenal. Indescribably amazing!!
Christian Klepp
Örvar, congrats on this outstanding shot and your adventures spirit going there! I would have loved to join this trip. It seems I need to sit on packed equipment jumping the next plane once Iceland becomes alive from underneath! Keep on going for such beautiful shots – but please be careful – this beauty kills easiliy as you described it!
All the best,
Christian.
Gouldkb
Beautiful. Worth the risk and difficulty getting to the spot. I really want to visit Iceland someday
Melissa Schmidt
What an amazing capture! The weather dynamics are just awesome. Great job with this photograph and thanks for sharing this with us.
Laura Milholland
Spectacular image, and an awesome display by Mother Nature!
carlos
Fantastic images. Great work!
Morkel Erasmus
Fantastic!!
Shirley Hill
I heard of the volcano erupting and immediately thought of you. I eagerly awaited your superb shots, somehow knowing you would venture there and share with us again your sense of adventure and the awesome show from Mother Nature.
Thank you for both the photo, and the story. You have this knack of bringing it so ALIVE.
Congratulations on POD once again.
aditya menon
Witnessing 20KM high volcano plumes from such close quarteres…. must have been FUN! I’m so jealous
Wonderful photo congrats!