Just look at this bad-ass volcano

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Anonymous

There are even more pictures of the eruption and lightning storm here.
Thirsteh

There are even more pictures of the eruption and surrounding lightning storm here.
Lobster

My mom sent me to my room for saying Eyjafjallajokull. :(
BarelyFitz

What a beautiful marshmallow farm in the second picture.
leland

That waterfall picture needs a sandwich.

Only vaguely related: what will this do to European wines?
- Marcel
  
  Actually, some environmetalist agencies claim that this volcanic eruption is quite beneficial to nature, because the plumes seem to contain lots of minerals and spore elements.
  
  So 2010 might be a good year after all.
Ned613

Bad-ass volcano is much easier to pronounce than Eyjafjallajokull.
- arikol
  
  of course it is, you’re missing the “Ã¶” in jÃ¶kull, makes it positively ROLL off the tongue.. ;)
  
  Beautiful pictures.
  
  @leland #4
  good question about the wines. One would have to know a lot (although I like the alot from an earlier post..) about the chemical composition of the ash as well how how those chemicals affect the vines. If I understand correctly, each eruption can have its own special chemical composition, so looking at other eruptions or older eruptions might not give the full picture.
  Would be interesting to get an answer to that one.
  - Jerril
    
    Just a quick check on my instincts, but are those j’s pronounced like a soft g in English or French (see English Giraffe)?
    
    If that’s the case, it seems actually really easy to pronounce for an English speaker once you get over the intimidation factor and actually start trying to say it. Which makes sense, what with the relationship between Icelandic and Old English. (I’m probably half-swallowing those vowels though).
    - leland
      
      My understanding is that the j’s are more like a “ya” sound, and that the double l really means something, so the pronunciation would be something like “ay-uh-fyat-luh-yoe-kuutl-ul”.
      
      Here’s a clip from Al Jazeera English to help (with ukulele accompaniment to boot!)
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEEXY6HrQ6Y&feature=channel
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  EyjafjallajÃ¶kull – Old Norse for “What’s a consonant?”
Anonymous

I suspect the “j” is pronounced more like a “y” and the y like a short “i” as in the Scandinavian languages. Example: Jysk = Yisk
Anonymous

just look at it!
millrick

good to be reminded who is bearing the brunt of this event. the good folk of Iceland will be dealing with the effects of EyjafjallajÃ¶kull far longer than those of us who temporarily can’t fly where we’d like to.