{"id":9230,"date":"2010-04-20T02:03:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T02:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/20\/ash-and-lightning-above-an-icelandic-volcano-why\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T01:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T01:43:28","slug":"ash-and-lightning-above-an-icelandic-volcano-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/20\/ash-and-lightning-above-an-icelandic-volcano-why\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9230 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/20\/ash-and-lightning-above-an-icelandic-volcano-why\/attachment\/9231\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tumblr_l15kdyvVME1qzxaqho1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tumblr_l15kdyvVME1qzxaqho1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tumblr_l15kdyvVME1qzxaqho1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Why did the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_eruption_of_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull\" target=\"_blank\">recent volcanic eruption<\/a>\u00a0in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volcanic_ash\" target=\"_blank\">ash<\/a>\u00a0plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f1ztg0wUqKY\" target=\"_blank\">noticeable<\/a>\u00a0because it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull_volcanic_ash_17_April_2010.png\" target=\"_blank\">drifted across<\/a>\u00a0such well populated areas. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull\" target=\"_blank\">Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull<\/a>\u00a0volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on March 20, with a second\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lINmtRiWQ7Q\" target=\"_blank\">eruption<\/a>\u00a0starting under the center of small glacier on April 14. Neither eruption was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/gallery\/2009-03\/top-10-volcanic-eruptions\" target=\"_blank\">unusually powerful<\/a>. The second eruption, however, melted a large amount of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glacier\" target=\"_blank\">glacial ice<\/a>\u00a0which then cooled and fragmented\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap070918.html\" target=\"_blank\">lava<\/a>\u00a0into gritty glass particles that were carried up with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap060607.html\" target=\"_blank\">rising volcanic<\/a>\u00a0plume.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisseduc.ch\/stromboli\/perm\/iceland\/eyafallajokull_20100416-en.html?id=3\" target=\"_blank\">Pictured above<\/a>\u00a0two days ago,<a href=\"http:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap100210.html\" target=\"_blank\">lightning bolts<\/a>\u00a0illuminate ash pouring out of the Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull volcano.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano Why did the\u00a0recent volcanic eruption\u00a0in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large\u00a0ash\u00a0plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly\u00a0noticeable\u00a0because it\u00a0drifted across\u00a0such well populated areas. The\u00a0Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull\u00a0volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on March 20, with a second\u00a0eruption\u00a0starting under the center of small glacier on April &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/20\/ash-and-lightning-above-an-icelandic-volcano-why\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9232,"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions\/9232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}