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Colima in Mexico erupting in 2008.
The current activity at Eyjafjallajökull is more-or-less unchanged, with strombolian activity producing a 3-4 km tall ash-and-steam plume and the lava flows at the crater moving northward towards the Gígjökull glacier. You can check out an extensive page on the state of this eruption at the Nordic Volcanological Center - along with a new page with thermal and LIDAR information on the eruption from France. The Icelandic Met Office notes that the lava has been producing meltwater from the glacier - which many Eruptions readers have noticed as floods spotted on the webcams. Things have, overall, calmed down, as the Met Office says "explosive activity and ash production represents a fraction of conditions during the height of the eruption." And, for all of you wondering, no measurable geophysical changes have been noted at Katla. If you want a good laugh, you can read ...
