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Was Iceland volcano a 'dress rehearsal'?
Updated On: 24 April, 2010 08:03 AM IST | | Agencies
A metal sign reads, "Warning! The glacier can be dangerous." A rumbling growl from under the mountains speaks far louder.
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A metal sign reads, "Warning! The glacier can be dangerous." A rumbling growl from under the mountains speaks far louder.
Solheimajokull glacier is part of the ice cap sealing Katla, a volcano 10 times more powerful than neighbouring
Eyjafjoell, whose eruption last week clogged Europe's skies with ash and grounded the continent's airlines.
If Katla blows up, the current eruption will resemble 'a small rehearsal,' Iceland's president, Olafur Grimsson, warned.
Solheimajokull glacier is part of the ice cap sealing Katla, a volcano 10 times more powerful than neighbouring
Eyjafjoell, whose eruption last week clogged Europe's skies with ash and grounded the continent's airlines.
If Katla blows up, the current eruption will resemble 'a small rehearsal,' Iceland's president, Olafur Grimsson, warned.
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