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RE: Eyjafjallajökull

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The new hill or mountain that has formed around the original volcanic crater on the Fimmvörduháls mountain pass in south Iceland has grown 82 meters since the eruption started on March 20. The summit is in a 1,067-meter height above sea level.
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A NASA research team is using the latest advances in satellite artificial intelligence to speed up estimates of the heat and volume of lava escaping from an erupting volcano in Iceland.
On March 20, 2010, Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano (pronounced "AYA-feeyapla-yurkul,") awakened for the first time in 120 years, spewing still-active lava fountains and flows. That day, a NASA "sensor web" -- a network of sensors on the ground and aboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite, alerted researchers to this new volcanic "hot spot." The eruption was detected by autonomous "sciencecraft" software aboard the satellite, which is known as EO-1.
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RE: Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano

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Location of the eruption: 63.620°N, 19.455 W.

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Iceland Volcano Eruption 2010

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Nightly volcanic eruption in Iceland. 21.03.2010. Speed 20x

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BBC News Volcano in Iceland

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Eruption Close to Popular Walking Path Fimmvörduháls

For the many tourists who know Iceland it is interesting that the eruption is close to many popular sights in Iceland.
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Latitude: 63°38'0"N, Longitude: 19°37'0"W

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Volcano eruption near the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier, Iceland
Several hundred people have been evacuated from their homes, as a volcano erupted in southern Iceland.
The volcano near the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier began to erupt shortly after midnight, leading to road closures in the area.
It is almost 200 years since a volcano near Eyjafjallajoekull, 120km east of Reykjavik, last erupted.
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A volcano in the area of the Eyjafallajoekull glacier in southern Iceland erupted overnight for the first time in 189 years, forcing more than 500 people to evacuate their homes.
The eruption took place just before midnight in the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, the fifth largest glacier in Iceland. The volcano, which is 1,666m high and has a crater 4km in diameter, is covered by a large ice cap.
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