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Published May 15, 2010, 12:00 AM

Iceland volcano plume of ash


This image provided by NASA shows the plume of ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano, reaching a height of four to five kilometers (13,000-17,000 feet), rises above a sea of clouds Wednesday May 12, 2010. According to the Iceland Meteorological Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, the eruption had changed little from previous days and showed no signs of stopping. As this image shows, the ash plume blew east and southeast on May 12, the plume of previous days had blown south and southeast, closing airports in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. (AP Photo/NASA)
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