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Iceland 2010 - Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Eruption – Stamp with Volcanic Ash Dust

Issue Date 22 July 2010

The volcanic eruption began in Eyjafjallajökull shortly before midnight on March 20, 2010. In the first stage of the eruption, magma surfaced on the Fimmvörduháls mountain range. It was rather small and seemed to end on April 12.

However, approximately 24 hours later, on the night before April 14, the eruption resumed and then magma surfaced in the southwestern peak crater of Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The next morning volcanic clouds were seen stretching 30 kilometers to the south.

Volcanic ash was carried all over Europe and caused extensive disturbances to air traffic for a few days, the most significant since the end of World War II. It is considered that in the latter stage of the eruption, 250 million cubic meters of ash were emitted.

Iceland Post issued three stamps, which depict the volcanic eruptions, silkscreen printed with very fine-grained Trachyandesite ash which fell at Eyjafjallajokull on 17 April 2010, a little more than three months before the stamps' issue date of 22 July 2010.

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