Tourists leave

Tourists leave the Islandia Hotel in Nupur as ash continue to pour out of the erupting Grimsvoetn <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVHST0000236" title="Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Eruption (2010)" href="/topic/disasters-accidents/volcanic-eruptions/eyjafjallajokull-volcano-eruption-%282010%29-EVHST0000236.topic">volcano</a> on May 22, 2011. Ash deposits were sprinkled over the capital Reykjavik, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) to the west of the volcano, which has spewed an ash cloud about 20 kilometres into the sky. Less than 24 hours after the eruption began late Saturday, experts and authorities in Iceland said the volcanic activity had begun to decline.
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( AFP PHOTO / Vilhelm Gunnarsson )

Tourists leave the Islandia Hotel in Nupur as ash continue to pour out of the erupting Grimsvoetn volcano on May 22, 2011. Ash deposits were sprinkled over the capital Reykjavik, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) to the west of the volcano, which has spewed an ash cloud about 20 kilometres into the sky. Less than 24 hours after the eruption began late Saturday, experts and authorities in Iceland said the volcanic activity had begun to decline.

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