This is the sun-soaked ice cap of Iceland"s Eyjafjallajökull. Remember the name? It"s that unpronounceable volcano that made you miss your connecting flight back in 2010. That eruption and the vast ash cloud it belched over the North Atlantic was the biggest disruption to air traffic since World War II. And this relatively small but volatile island may yet waylay the world again: Eyjafjallajökull is a lightweight among the 32 active volcanic systems dotting the Land of Fire and Ice—its much larger neighbor Katla has been closely monitored since the 2010 incident.
Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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World Space Week
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Tour de France
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Dolomites
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A courtyard scene from Spain
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Paradise, found
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
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Welcome to the Year of the Pig
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Santorini through the clouds
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St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
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Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
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In search of a ‘great’ pumpkin
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American bison
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Rice processing in Bangladesh
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Land of the midnight sun
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Even nature needs a backup plan…
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Are you older than this lake?
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Aw shucks, it’s oyster season in Galway
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Whale hello there!
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1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
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A house of grand scale(s)
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Happy World Photography Day!
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What, no escalator?
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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