Friday, April 16, 2010

You want volcanic ash? We got volcanic ash...



Shetland this morning - it's very fine, like the softest, greyest talcum powder. Must remember not to breathe...

1 comment:

Dr Chris Hayward said...

Dear Tom, I am a geologist from the University of Edinburgh, which hosts the UK's National Tephra Analysis centre. We have been working on samples collected by my colleague Thor Thordarson in Iceland last week from the volcano itself. If you have saved any of your ash, it would be extremely useful for our studies to have a sample. If you can send any ash, please email me at Chris.Hayward@ed.ac.uk
Many thanks!