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
Today in History
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Penguin Awareness Day
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New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
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Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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International Polar Bear Day
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Happy Independence Day!
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National Mushroom Month
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Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
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Ruins of St. Dwynwens Church, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales
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An enduring vision
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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Celebrating migrations
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Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
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Exploring the Pearl of the Atlantic
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Male kori bustard, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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Frozen beauty
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International Literacy Day
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers
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Green fields of grain
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An avian predator built for the snow
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Mexico celebrates its Independence Day
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A bridge comes full circle
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Embracing the cold
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Atop the Needle of Chamonix
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It s time to fall back
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Rooftops in the walled city of Urbino, Italy