Subglacial eruption starting at Iceland's Grímsvötn

[chrisupyonder]

Subglacial eruption starting at Iceland's Grímsvötn

Erik Klemetti on May 21, 2011, 3:42 PM

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38526#comments

Chris

[Pleater]

The ash cloud arrived here yesterday, a light grey coating on the car and just about everything else.

The temperature is down from the High Summer we have been enjoying for months, and it is almost chilly.

The situation at the airports was not too bad, with those in the South of the country still operational, but I am not sure what this change will bring. It brings to my mind Shakespear's description of our sea girt shores,

"This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England"

Richard II - Act 2 Scene 1

'Engand' was at the time used interchangably with 'Britain', of course.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Chas]

Here on the east side, it rained yesterday. For the first time this year. Real rain. Running in rivulets, standing in puddles, soaking into the ground, dribbling down the INSIDE of your clothes!

Oh the joy, the bliss. My water butts are half full - no more paying the water company for something God gave them freely.

Already the garden has perked up. Today is overcast and more rain is threatened.

I am a happy man.

Regards

Chas

[tulloch]

I think Shakespeare came closer than any other to giving a really apt description of nature. I am never bored with her activity and things like this in Iceland really inspire me. Thanks for the link.