via the Daily Mail Online. Click for larger.

Kind of looks like a Halloween image.  It’s the Icelandic volcano causing all the trouble in Europe (and Iceland obviously) via the Daily Mail online.

The National Air Traffic Service says British airspace will be close at least through 7am tomorrow and likely longer.  Scotland’s airspace will be opening later this evening.

The ash plum seen from the MODIS imager on the Terra Satellite. Click for larger.

The second image was taken by the Terra Satellite yesterday morning. The plume from the volcano can be seen as a darker colored ribbon in the center of the image.

And finally this image from the CBC shows the vertical extent of the ash cloud.  The press release is also saying the WHO is saying Europeans should try to stay inside if ash starts to settle near them.

There are a few good points about the volcano:  it should make for some spectacular sunrises and sunsets, it could make good riddle fodder later this fall and how many times do I get the chance to use a word like “Eyjafjallajokull” ?

Notice I didn’t say pronounce it