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Iceland volcanic ash disrupts flights

Volcano disruption: Smoke and steam above the volcano at the Eyjafjallajokull glacier
Smoke and steam above the volcano at Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier. The second eruption in less than a month has melted ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters
Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP
Icelandic volcano: Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano
A false colour infrared image showing Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano
Photograph: NASA/JPL/EO-1 Mission/GSFC/Ashle/PA
Iceland volcano eruption: Smoke billows from a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull
The ash plume of the erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano
Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters
Iceland volcano eruption: The crater of the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier
The crater of the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier
Photograph: AP
Icelandic volcano: A natural-colour satellite image dated March 24, of Eyjafjallajkull volcano
A natural colour satellite image from 24 March of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano
Photograph: NASA/PA
Iceland volcano eruption: A broken section of Iceland's main coastal ring road
A broken section of Iceland's main coastal ring road near Reykjavik after melt water from the volcano caused river levels to rise by up to 3 metres
Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP
Iceland volcano eruption: A youth lies on mattresses at the South Iceland Care centre
A boy lies on mattresses at the South Iceland Care Centre after hundreds of residents were forced to leave their homes
Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP
Iceland volcano eruption: An emergency worker records a driver's details
An emergency worker records a driver's details after hundreds of residents were forced to leave their homes
Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP
Icelandic volcano: Lava spurting out of the site of a volcano at the Fimmvorduhals volcano
Lava spurting out of the eruption site
Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images
Icelandic volcano: This picture taken on March 27, 2010 sho
Lava spurting out of the volcano
Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images
Icelandic volcano: Lava spews out of a mountain on March 21
Lava spews out of a mountain in Hvolsv llur, Iceland, on 21 March
Photograph: Fir Kjartansson/AFP/Getty Images
Iceland volcano eruption: Passengers wait, after flights were disrupted, in Manchester Airport
Passengers wait in Manchester airport after all non-emergency UK flights were cancelled. Similar measures have been taken across much of Europe
Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Volcano disruption: The volcanic ash plume travelling from Iceland
An image from Nasa's Terra satellite shows the volcanic ash plume travelling from Iceland to the north of the UK
Photograph: NEODAAS/University of Dundee/PA
Volcano disruption: A solitary would-be flier at Belfast International Airport,
The Welcome to Belfast greeting has a hollow ring about it at Belfast international airport
Photograph: Paul Mcerlane/EPA
Volcano disruption: Planes sit on the tarmac at Gatwick airport
Planes sit on the tarmac at Gatwick airport
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Volcano disruption: A man is stranded in Terminal 3 of Copenhagen airport
A stranded passenger in terminal 3 of Copenhagen airport, Denmark
Photograph: Peter Hove Olesen/AP
Volcano disruption: Traffic pass a motorway sign warning of flight cancellations
A motorway sign in Glasgow warns of flight cancellations
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Volcano disruption: Grounded airplanes at Heathrow airport, London
Grounded planes at Heathrow, London
Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA
Volcano disruption: Passengers wait at Faro airport in Portugal
Passengers wait at Faro airport in Portugal after flights were cancelled
Photograph: Luis Forra/EPA
Volcano disruption: A woman walks in the empty departure hall at Bristol Airport
A woman in the empty departure hall of Bristol airport
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Iceland volcano: A colour satellite image highlighting the ash plume moving towards the UK
A detail of an enchanced colour satellite image highlighting the ash plume moving towards the UK
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Iceland volcano: A new volcanic fissure near Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano
A new volcanic fissure near Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano sends a plume of ash and steam skyward
Photograph: Nasa/Reuters
Iceland volcano: A plume of volcanic ash rises into the atmosphere
Volcanic ash rises from a crater under about 200 metres of ice at the Eyjafjallajokull glacier
Photograph: Reuters
Iceland volcano: A girl sleeps in the departure lounge at Gatwick airport
A girl sleeps in the departure lounge at Gatwick airport
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Iceland volcano: A passenger at a quiet Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport
Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport is eerily quiet after most flights in and out of the UK were grounded
Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA
Iceland volcano: Grounded planes at Heathrow Airport
A grounded plane at Heathrow airport
Photograph: David Levene
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