28.04.2010

The volcano has captured peoples imagination

Posted by Oscar in Interestingness

Apart from handing people a great excuse to pull a sickie when stranded somewhere like Slough we’ve also been treated some spectacular images and stories of the effects of the eruption.

Mother nature We’re a big fan of the ‘The Big Picture’ posts over at boston.com and they’ve collated some some stunning photos of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland

Travel Fascinating animated illustration of the disruption to the air traffic over Europe in this video on vimeo

And how to deal with a problem 37,000 ft up in the air : ”...This is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped…”