When I visited Iceland in October 2010, we visited the farm just below the main fissure that opened up at Eyjafjalajokull.The farm was covered with ash to a great depth, and GPS had to be used to reinstate the field boundaries and paths once the eruption had stopped. Crops were damaged, and there were ongoing problems with ash for some years afterwards. When we visited, all the windows were still taped up and the farmer's wife said that she still had to wash endlessly because of the ash getting into the house through the smallest gap whenever the wind blew strongly.
There was a small exhibition in the garage at the time, and we had a talk while learning against the farmer's car. There is now a purpose-built visitor centre at the farm, as you can see on the new website.
One for those sections on the (longer term) benefits of tectonic activity.
Here's a picture of mine from just along the south coast from there....
Thanks to Discover the World for the tipoff / reminder....
Bottom image: Alan Parkinson
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