Satellites Keep Aircraft Away From Volcanic Cloud

coondoggie writes "A range of satellites from a host of different nations are pumping out images and data on the Icelandic volcano currently wreaking havoc on commercial airline traffic and aviation in general. The European Space Agency today noted four major satellites that are monitoring the volcano that erupted this week under Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull glacier. They include NASA's Aqua and Aura as well as the European Space Agency's Envisat and MetOp spacecraft. Other satellites such as NASA's Terra and NOAA's GOES satellite also provide images." Updated 20100416 01:17 GMT by timothy: Apropos that, 2Y9D57 writes with this "Image of the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, after it began erupting on 15 April. Acquired by the German TerraSAR-X synthetic aperture radar satellite from a height of about 500 kilometers / 300 miles."

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Pro editing

[Anonymous Coward]

The four major satellites that are providing key information on the European Space Agency today noted four major satellites that are monitoring the volcano that erupted this week under Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull glacier.

Quality editing there timothy.

Space program

[seifried]

The next time why someone asks why we should fund space exploration as opposed to simply spending money trying to feed starving people it might be good to point this out (along with weather prediction/mapping capabilities/etc.).

Re:Space program

[ZeBam.com]

The objection is usually to manned space exploration, which oddly enough did not play a role here.

Futile effort, when the solution is so simple

[sznupi]

Behold! Bow under the wrath of Loki, heretics! Renounce your faith from the far lands and return to truthfull ways of your ancestors!

(Loki the trickster; those are just tricks, you haven't seen nothing yet...)

Re:The sky over Germany looked clear today

[DarkKnightRadick]

Volcanic ash has this nasty habit of clumping mightily with liquids.