Eruption of EyjafjallajÃ¶kull Volcano, Iceland

Two broad swaths of wind-blown ash, many kilometers across, obscure the Icelandic coastline and sweep over the Atlantic Ocean in this natural color image from May 26, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Eruption of EyjafjallajÃ¶kull Volcano, Iceland.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published May 26, 2010
Data acquired May 26, 2010

Source:: Aqua > MODIS