This past spring’s eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland was a nightmare for travelers, but it gave scientists in Europe unprecedented access to a complex eruption right in their backyard.

I went to Iceland  in April to report on volcano monitoring during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption for Science Magazine. That story, which appeared 23 April 2010,  is here. A pair of photos from my field trips appeared in my aunt’s Long Island newspapers (L&M Publications) the week of 26 April. See them here. A first-person essay [...]