eye of the glacier. it s about 12 miles from the ridge. you see the beautiful waterfall. just under the bridge, you see how fast the water is moving, that is actually glacial melt from the volcano. what we re talking about is a volcano erupting. in fact, the geologist here, geophysicgeo physist. the volcanic dust gets sucked into jet engines. coats the engine blades, cools off and shuts down the engines. that s not even talking about the visibility problem. airports shut down france, germany, uk, finland, poland, air travel as far away as china.