Spectacular Icelandic volcano photos

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Via talking points memo, an amazing photo gallery of the Icelandic volcano causing so much disruption in Europe's airspace.

photo credit: Newscom/Zuma

Update: More amazing photos here.

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this is a act of god to let us know he is akmighty and we are very ek lok at the majesty and wonder

Spectacular - quite unlike the 3.8 earthquake that hit my city last night. That, however, was enough excitement for me, as I'd never felt an earthquake before.

Sadly, this photo is a fake. The farm was superimposed on the image of the eruption plume!