Volcanic Ash over the UK (15.4.2010)

[André]

Hi Guys

What do you think about the ash in the atmosphere over Great Britain and wide parts of north Europe? Might be worth to have a closer look at the sunrise/sunset the next few days!
www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/volcano.html

Fingers crossed for some amazing dusk/dawn skies!

André

[PeteG]

with luck we could see thawed out dinosaurs rampaging over Scotland

Pete

[Bill W]

Dinosaurs, mmm....

However, whilst keeping an eye on the sky for any signs of the ash cloud I caught a nice view of Venus, Mercury and a slender crescent moon.

Picture of the Moon and Mercury at around 9.30pm last night.



Cheers,
Bill.

[PeteG]

nice one Bill.
I went to Silbury hill
spaceweather.com/submissions/pics/p/Pete-Glastonbury-VenusMercuryMoonSilbury_1271365133.jpg

spaceweather.com/submissions/pics/p/Pete-Glastonbury-VenusMercuryMoon_1271365133.jpg

tonight it should roll down the right hand side of the hill...
Maybe a colourfull sunset to boot!
Pete

[markt]

Great shots guys!

I think this volcano could be quite interesting for us, with the sunsets becoming better as time goes on. At the moment there seems to be some evidence of coloration, but nothing the untrained eye will probably notice.

The past couple of nights you can see a hazy band when the sun gets within a couple of degrees of the horizon, hopefully this will grow in size and brilliance