These are the Northern Lights of the Aurora Borealis over Iceland. They are growing in size and intensity and are expected to reach a spectacular peak in 2012. These photos were taken by Icelandic photographer Orvar Thorgiersson.

The volcano that has erupted in Iceland disrupts the whole world. Millions of passengers can’t get home because all Asia-Europe flights are stopped – governments are afraid of the fallout from the ash cloud drifting from the erupting Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Iceland volcanoes illustrate world’s interconnectedness. Collected here are photos of the most recent eruption.

This picture was sent us by Egil Robbestad. Thank you very much Egil

Dormant for two centuries, a volcano erupted in southern Iceland in March. It ripped a 1 km-long fissure in a field of ice shooting out lava a hundred meters high. The last time the volcano erupted was in 1821.