This detailed astronaut photograph depicts the summit caldera of the volcano. (Source: Wikipedia/ NASA Earth Observatory) In eastern North America, the consequences were particularly dire.

Its Global Volcanism Program number is 1702-02. But for most people, Eyjafjallajökull, the epicentre of the current ash-related travel crisis, is simply the most famous volcano no one can pronounce.

The Krasheninnikov volcano’s first eruption in centuries is believed to have been triggered in part by the massive earthquake ...

WATCH: Four blasts inside the Cotopaxi volcano sent ash shooting more than five kilometers into the sky on Friday, coating highways, homes and cars just south of Ecuador’s capital with a fine ...

This event has sparked renewed interest in an 1816 eruption of Mount Tambora, another Indonesian volcano. It's notable because its ash made its way to Canada, effectively stealing the summer.