# Satellite photos of Iceland volcano? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 21, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833 "2010-04-21T06:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/1 "2010-04-21T06:01:26Z")
Looking for them. Links? ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/2 "2010-04-21T08:45:54Z")
Iceland volcano webcam ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/3 "2010-04-21T11:04:32Z")
Totally off topic and MPSIMSy, but worth mentioning – National Geographic a while ago posted what I think is one of my favorite pictures of all time: Your POV is just back from the edge of a somewhat-verdant cliff top, looking dowin into a valley below through which hikers are, well, hiking, with a similar somewhat-verdant cliff on the other side of the valley. Sounds like just a nice people-in-nature photo, right? Well, that’s true, but:[ul] [li]It’s taken in Iceland.[/li][li]You’re standing, literally, on the edge of the North American Plate.[/li][li]The hikers are walking up the Mid-Atlantic Rift.[/li][li]The opposite cliff? The Eurasian Plate.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/4 "2010-04-21T11:48:45Z")
> **[Eruption of Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Iceland](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/event/43253)** > > Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano burst into life on March 20, 2010. By the last week of May, it appeared to have quieted down. > **[Hot spots on Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/43708/hot-spots-on-icelands-eyjafjallajokull-volcano)** > > A NASA satellite spied the eruption plume and the heat signature of lava at the summit. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/5 "2010-04-21T17:17:33Z")
Also here, at NOAA: [http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/](http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/) eg: [http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/VSHiceland109\_MO.jpg](http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/VSHiceland109_MO.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/6 "2010-04-21T17:37:24Z")
**Polycarp** , you aroused my curiosity, so… [here](http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/%5Bearth-gallery%5D/plate-tectonics-gallery/#thingvellir-iceland_1247_600x450.jpg), Thingvellir National Park. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/7 "2010-04-21T18:08:50Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > **Polycarp** , you aroused my curiosity, so… [here](http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/%5Bearth-gallery%5D/plate-tectonics-gallery/#thingvellir-iceland_1247_600x450.jpg), Thingvellir National Park. That’s the one! I misremembered it as being grassy on the cliffs. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/8 "2010-04-22T19:25:15Z")
[Cool images of the volcano](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html) ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/9 "2010-04-22T22:03:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Cool images of the volcano](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html) Wow, those really were cool/ beautiful/ scary. Thanks for sharing that link. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/10 "2010-04-23T01:11:32Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Earth Observatory - NASA Science](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/event.php?id=43253) > > [Earth Observatory - NASA Science](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43708) Good old NASA. I knew I could count on them. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/11 "2010-04-23T01:13:28Z")
> [@Anaglyph](#): > > Iceland volcano webcam [http://eldgos.mila.is/](http://eldgos.mila.is/). Anybody read Icelandic? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satellite-photos-of-iceland-volcano/536833/12 "2010-04-23T02:09:58Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [http://eldgos.mila.is/](http://eldgos.mila.is/). > > Anybody read Icelandic? I’m amazed of the good effort that Google Chrome translation does: > [@](#): > > Webcams: > > In case of error is good to wait about 30 seconds and try again. > If an error occurs, please wait 30 seconds and Then refresh the page. > > Eyjafjallajökull from Thorolfsfell > > Eyjafjallajökull from tracks [Hvolsvelli] > > Eyjafjallajökull from Valahnúk If you have Google Chrome, the translator option appears and you can press the button to translate, I was surprised that it detected “Icelandic”. It is clear however that “tracks” should be left as Hvolsvelli.