The plume of volcanic ash belching from the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano, ( 1666m ), in the Katla range is visible from space. It can just be seen on an image I received yesterday, 19th April at 1215gmt, from the NOAA 19 weather satellite on 137.10MHz.
At first I had almost overlooked it, believing, because of the enormous publicity the eruption had attracted, that from the satellite's viewpoint most of western Europe would be hidden from view under the ash cloud. A further series of images captured today from NOAA 15, 18 & 19 confirm the continued presence of the plume, but show it to be diminishing.
I shall be following the progress of the ash plume/cloud from space and post additional pictures if they are more distinctive.
Iceland is at the limit of my range from here for clear satellite reception; the satellite being only just above my horizon as Iceland comes into view !
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