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The 2011 eruption of Grímsvötn was a Plinian eruption of Grímsvötn, Iceland's most active volcano, which caused disruption to air travel in Northwestern Europe from 22–25 May 2011. The last eruption of Grímsvötn was in 2004, [ 2 ] with the previous most powerful eruptions in 1783, 1873 and 1902.
Volcanologist professor Dr. Peter Shepherd takes four of his graduate students to study Grímsvötn, a dormant volcano. It also erupts suddenly, but the group is able to escape. While escaping by helicopter, Brianna Chapman witnesses Grímsvötn producing pyroclastic surges, an unusual amount of ash, and extremely runny lava. Meanwhile ...
Including the Skaftá eruption of 1783, Grímsvötn is probably the most eruptive volcano system in Iceland. The Laki/Lakagígar lava field alone is estimated to have produced about 15 cubic kilometres (3.6 cu mi) of lava.
A feature film is in the works for Michael Crichton and James Patterson's bestselling thriller, Eruption.The book was released last week, and is already No. 1 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple.
The ash cloud from the eruption rose to 20 km (12 mi), and was so far 10 times larger than the 2004 eruption, and the strongest in Grímsvötn in the last 100 years. [ 17 ] Satellite image from 23 May 2011 of the ash-cloud to the south of Iceland
The Rite (2011) – American-Hungarian-Italian-British supernatural horror film based on actual events as witnessed and recounted by American then-exorcist-in-training Father Gary Thomas and his experiences of being sent to Rome to be trained and work daily with veteran clergy of the practice [84]
Pages in category "Grímsvötn" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... 0–9. 2011 eruption of Grímsvötn; G. 1996 eruption of Gjálp; L. Laki
1257 Samalas eruption: 15,000 Mount Unzen: 2 Japan: 1792 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami: 13,000+ (estimated) Mount Vesuvius: 5 Italy: 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD: 10,000+ Laki and Grímsvötn: 4 Iceland: 1783 Laki 1783 eruption [1] 10,000 Kelud: 5 Indonesia: 1586 [2] 6,000 Santa María: 6 Guatemala: 1902 1902 eruption of Santa ...