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| Iceland Monitor
| Mon 13 Oct 2014
| 11.30 GMT
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Volcanic Smoke battles the Clouds
Here the volcanic smoke can be seen rising through the clouds. Photo/icelandic Meterological Institute
Scientists from the Icelandic Meterological Institute flew over the Holuhraun eruption this weekend to evaluete its status. The weather was cloudy and here the smoke from the volcano can be seen struggling past the clouds. The blue colour of the smoke is caused by sulphur and the brown colour by dust and dirt.