Landscape covered with ash from Grimsvotn volcano eruption, Kirkjubæjarklaustur Skeidararsandur, Iceland

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The eruption began on May 21, 2011 spewing tons of ash; initially the plume was over 20 kilometers high. Grimsvotn is Iceland's most frequently erupting basalt volcano located under Vatnajokull Ice Cap; the largest glacier in Europe.

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Location: Iceland
Photo credit: © Ragnar Th Sigurdsson / Alamy / Afripics
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