Eyjafjallajokull
Volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajokull
Ash from a large volcanic eruption in Iceland has shut down flights out of Britain. Maybe the old Norse gods are angry with the English for trying to screw the people of Iceland?
There is some fear this could be a harbinger of a larger eruption of the nearby mountain Katla, who's 1755 blast from a 10km-wide crater melted glaciers and sent the combined equivalent of the Amazon, Mississippi, Yangtze, and Nile rivers toward the sea.
UPDATE
This shot by Arnþór Ævarsson of the northern lights behind the volcano is probably the most awesome thing I've ever seen.
