After a brief steamy spell earlier this week, activity surrounding the volcano under Eyjafjallajökull has once again died down. There is no longer any steam visible from the volcano. Geophysicist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson says that in recent days there has been little change at the eruption site.

The flow of steam from the eruption site is ever-decreasing as the volcano continues to cool. The visibility of the steam cloud depends very much on the local humidity, general weather conditions and amount of cloud cover.

“There is a flow of steam from the vent and the eruption channel is cooling and subsiding gradually. The eruption channel heats ground water and creates an outflow of steam there, which is considerable in size,” said Magnús Tumi in an interview with mbl.is.

“How visible the steam cloud will be depends on the wind, relative humidity and cloud cover,” continues Magnús Tumi, adding that this is typical of a cooling volcano such as Eyjafjallajökull.

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