Volcano eruption in Iceland

A huge ash cloud looms over the Icelandic south coast Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/guardian.co.uk Lightning streaks across the sky as lava flows from a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Photograph: Lucas Jackson/guardian.co.uk Farmer Thorarinn Olafsson tries to lure his horses back to the stable as a cloud of black ash looms overhead in Drangshlid 2 at Eyjafjoll Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/guardian.co.uk The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air. The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions on Saturday that raise concerns about longer-term damage to world air travel and trade Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/guardian.co.uk Farmers team up to rescue cattle from exposure to the toxic volcanic ash at a farm in Nupur, Iceland, as the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/guardian.co.uk Motorists drive on a road as the Eyjafjallajokull volcano continues to billow smoke and ash during an eruption Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/guardian.co.uk Ash covers vegetation in Eyjafjallasveit, southern Iceland Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/guardian.co.uk Lava flows from a volcano in Eyjafjallajokul Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Photograph: Lucas Jackson/guardian.co.uk Sheep farmer Thorkell Eiriksson and his brother-in-law Petur Runottsson work to seal a sheep barn, in case winds shift and volcanic ash lands on their farm, in Eyjafjallajokull Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Photograph: Lucas Jackson/guardian.co.uk A man at the roadside takes pictures of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano as it continues to billow smoke and ash during an eruption Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/guardian.co.uk Ash and steam billow from the volcano in Eyjafjallajokull Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Halldor Kolbeins/guardian.co.uk Smoke and lava are seen as a volcano erupts in Eyjafjallajokull Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Photograph: Lucas Jackson/guardian.co.uk Scientists collect samples of ash for analysis in eastern Iceland Photograph: Omar Oskarsson/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Omar Oskarsson/guardian.co.uk The Eyjafjallajokull plume seen just before sunset Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/guardian.co.uk Satellite photograph of the eruption Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk Footprints in volcanic ash covering the ground near Myrdalssandur, about 130 miles east of the Reykjavik, the Icelandic capital Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/guardian.co.uk A car driving through the ash Photograph: Mar Skarsson/AP Photograph: Mar Skarsson/guardian.co.uk A huge ash cloud darkens the day as it creeps over the Icelandic south coast Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/guardian.co.uk A general view of the eruption Photograph: S. Olafs/EPA Photograph: S. Olafs/guardian.co.uk A view from the town of Vik, where there have been power outages due to ash Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/guardian.co.uk