Iceland’s mountains are always covered in snow, called snow-caps or glaciers. Some glaciers can be as high as 1km!

1. Iceland’s mountains are always covered in snow, called snow-caps or glaciers. Some glaciers can be as high as 1km!

2. Eyjafjallajökull (77 km2)

3. Mýrdalsjökull Eyjafjallajökull Satellite picture of Southern Iceland showing Eyjafjallajökull and the neighbouring glacier, Mýrdalsjökull

4. Below Eyjafjallajökull’s thick layer of ice is an active volcano. The volcano is not visible from normal satellite photography.

5. Aerial view of Eyjafjallajökull

6. Closer aerial view of Eyjafjallajökull showing the glacier outlet with ice melting to form a lake

7. Ground view of Eyjafjallajökull glacier outlet. Yes – the glacier is BLUEcolour.

8. Eyjafjallajökull as seen from the main coastal highway

9. Eyja-fjalla-jökull: Eyja = island Fjalla = mountain Jökull = glacier It is pronounced: "AY-uh--fyat-luh--YOE-kuutl-uh"

10. This pretty village is called Skogar. It lies just south of Eyjafjallajökull and has a total population of 25 people!

11. Skogar is famous for it’s magnificent watarfall, Skogafoss. Its water comes from the melting ice from Eyjafjallajökull.

12. In March 2010 Eyjafjallajökull erupted It was a small fissure explosion

13. Tourists came flocking to check out the explosion

15. In April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull’s volcano erupted for the 2nd time.

16. The 2nd eruption spewed ash several kilometers into the atmosphere and caused Europe’s airspace to close for many days

19. Skogafoss covered in ash

20. Conditions of heavy smoke and ash in a nearby farm

21. Satellite picture showing volcanic ash being blown towards Great Britain

22. The melting glacier caused massive flooding

23. Melted glacier water mixed with volcanic ash flooding down the glacier outlet

26. Dirtied glacier water flooding the valley

28. Aerial view of the flood from an airplane

29. Some 800 people had to be evacuated due to the flooding

30. A man takes a picture of a road that has been washed away by flood

31. The eruption gave excellent opportunities for spectacular photography

32. Like magma lightning

38. And aurora

43. The past 3 Eyjafjallajökull eruptions in 920, 1612 & 1921 preceeded eruptions of Katla, a brother volcano located in the neighbouring Mýrdalsjökull glacier whose underground magma network is connected to Eyjafjallajökull

44. Mýrdalsjökull Eyjafjallajökull Katla volcano (buried beneath glacier) Location of Katla in relation toEyjafjallajökull

45. Katla is much more active and known for its powerful subglacial eruptions and its large magma chamber. It erupts every 40-80 years. The last eruption was in 1918, and the Eyjafjallajökull eruption has (on 20th April 2010) triggered Icelandic President OlafurGrimsson to say, “the time for Katla to erupt is coming close ... we [Iceland] have prepared ... it is high time for European governments and airline authorities all over the world to start planning for the eventual Katla eruption”

46. THE QUESTION IS:

47. Will you be there when Katla eventually erupts?