Third day of continued eruption from the Grimsvötn volcano, Iceland.
From the second reconnaissance flight yesterday, it was observed that the eruption occurs from a circular vent approx. 1km in diameter in the south-eastern part of the Grimsvötn caldera.
At the homepage of Prof. Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson a detailed map showing the location of the eruption vent as well as additional pictures can be found.
The eruptive activity is pulsating resulting in changing eruption column height from 8-9km up to 13-14km
The distal ash plume has been observed in Norway, Finland and Sweden.
Pictures from the morning of November 2, 2004
Pictures from the afternoon of November 2, 2004
Picures by Alexander Jarosch from the afternoon of November 2, 2004
Grimsvötn eruption update at the Icelandic Metrological Office (In Icelandic)
Satellite images of the plume from the Remote Sensing Research Group, University of Bern, Switzerland
