The Icelandic volcano responsible for grounding flights across Europe is quietening down.
The volcano, which first began erupting more than a month ago causing repeated bans on flights in European airspace as its ash cloud blew across the continent, is now producing steam instead of magma as temperatures in the crater drop to 100C.
While experts are warning it is too early to confirm the eruption is officially over – the last eruption, in the early 19th century, lasted for more than a year – it has quietened down greatly.
Steinunn Jakobsdottir, an Icelandic Meteorological Office geophysicist, said: “The history of the volcano is such that it calms down and then it gets energy again.”