melted. because when that water mixes with the magma, which is of course lava that's still inside the crater, it causes this ash to spew. so the more there is obviously, the longer the eruption, the longer the plane problems will continue. right now, as you know, most of the flights have been canceled over the next couple of days. some of the volcanologists that we've talked to at the university of iceland are saying it could go on for far beyond that, perhaps as long as ten days. but this is obviously a very changeable situation that they're going to continue to try to assess. but as far as today, and getting up in that plane, they aren't going to be able to do it. we're going to try to get in the air and actually take a helicopter up and get a view at least around it and get a sense, bird's-eye view of the density of that plume. if we're able to actually fly later today, we'll be able to show it to folks on n"nbc nighty news" on their local station tonight and we'll have it for