A twister made of volcanic ash! 24. maí 2011 17:19 PHOTO/Runolfur Hauksson. A strange sight met a captain of an amphibious vehicle used to sail on the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon in Iceland on his way from work yesterday. A large twister, that seemed to be made of volcanic ash, was in the middle of the road. „I just stopped the car, otherwise I would have driven right into it and I didn't want to take that chance,“ says Runolfur Hauksson. Twisters of this kind are rare in Iceland, though not unheard of. Runolfur says that guests at the lagoon, one of Icelands' natural wonders, had all but dissapeared when the volcano in Grimsvotn started erupting on Saturday. That does not mean that the staff has been idle, as the cleanup work leaves plenty to be done. At least four centimetres of ash covered everything in the area right after the eruption began. Runolfur says that the eruption has a devastating effect on the tourism industry in the area. „We just hope that it will not last for many days,“ he says.Here are more photos from the lagoon with the ash adding a strange look to the already spectacular landscape. News in English Mest lesið Vill þyngri refsingu fyrir Margréti Löf Innlent Játar innbrot í búin Innlent Viðar Örn gaf Sævari Louis Vuitton-tösku Innlent Norðmenn kynna „stærstu breytingarnar frá upphafi“ á EES samstarfinu Erlent Sundþjálfari KR með hníf á lofti fyrir lykilfund sundfólks Innlent „Er þetta ekki komið út í hártoganir?“ Innlent Þurftu að keyra á hnífamann sem slóst við lögreglu Innlent Lífsnauðsynlegt að meðhöndla risarækjur líkt og kjúkling Innlent Segir Karl hafa hljómað himinlifandi eftir dauða Díönu Erlent „Við höldum í fjallarómantíkina“ Innlent
A strange sight met a captain of an amphibious vehicle used to sail on the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon in Iceland on his way from work yesterday. A large twister, that seemed to be made of volcanic ash, was in the middle of the road. „I just stopped the car, otherwise I would have driven right into it and I didn't want to take that chance,“ says Runolfur Hauksson. Twisters of this kind are rare in Iceland, though not unheard of. Runolfur says that guests at the lagoon, one of Icelands' natural wonders, had all but dissapeared when the volcano in Grimsvotn started erupting on Saturday. That does not mean that the staff has been idle, as the cleanup work leaves plenty to be done. At least four centimetres of ash covered everything in the area right after the eruption began. Runolfur says that the eruption has a devastating effect on the tourism industry in the area. „We just hope that it will not last for many days,“ he says.Here are more photos from the lagoon with the ash adding a strange look to the already spectacular landscape.
News in English Mest lesið Vill þyngri refsingu fyrir Margréti Löf Innlent Játar innbrot í búin Innlent Viðar Örn gaf Sævari Louis Vuitton-tösku Innlent Norðmenn kynna „stærstu breytingarnar frá upphafi“ á EES samstarfinu Erlent Sundþjálfari KR með hníf á lofti fyrir lykilfund sundfólks Innlent „Er þetta ekki komið út í hártoganir?“ Innlent Þurftu að keyra á hnífamann sem slóst við lögreglu Innlent Lífsnauðsynlegt að meðhöndla risarækjur líkt og kjúkling Innlent Segir Karl hafa hljómað himinlifandi eftir dauða Díönu Erlent „Við höldum í fjallarómantíkina“ Innlent
