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Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland Photograph by Sigurdur Hrafn Stefnisson Lightning veins the Eyjafjallajokull volcano’s ash plume, which roiled air travel this spring.  Such “dirty thunderstorms” may occur when rock and ice particles loosed by exploding magma collide in the atmosphere.  Zoom

Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland

Photograph by Sigurdur Hrafn Stefnisson

Lightning veins the Eyjafjallajokull volcano’s ash plume, which roiled air travel this spring.  Such “dirty thunderstorms” may occur when rock and ice particles loosed by exploding magma collide in the atmosphere. 

Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2011.
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