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In Pictures: Iceland’s Volcanic Dust In Sheffield

by | 16th, April 2010

VOLCANIC dust has fallen on the streets of Sheffield. Scientists from Sheffield Hallam University says the substance retrieved originated in Eyjafjallajökul. At least something is flying, albeit miniscule blimps of volcanic matter. There is no danger to health. The dust is non-toxic. It is non-hazardous. Pictures of the dust, the empty airports and plane-free skies follow It’s kind of beautiful – unless you’re sat in an airport in which case it’s a huge over-reaction…

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Check-in desks at a near-deserted Terminal One at Birmingham International Airport as Britain faced further travel chaos after most flights in and out of the UK were grounded by the Icelandic volcano ash cloud until tonight.



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