Grímsvötn: awesome pics

visir.is has some very impressive up close photos of the eruption

set of 38 photos from the glacier

video of the trip

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Cratering of ice sheet and possible small eruption under ice.
Sizable earthquake in southwest Iceland this afternoon
After a brief hiatus during which the first two fissuers at Fimmvörðuháls closed, the main caldera at Eyjafjallajökull let rip early in the morning of April 14th.

OK, I'll come clean: this reminds me of an embarrassingly recent conversation with my materials science-trained boyfriend.