Myrdalsjokull ice cap over Katla volcano, satellite image. North is at top. The dimple-like features (ice cauldrons) on the ice cap are caused by geot

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Myrdalsjokull ice cap over Katla volcano, satellite image. North is at top. The dimple-like features (ice cauldrons) on the ice cap are caused by geothermal heat from the volcano below. Brown bands of ash that were deposited by past eruptions and recently revealed by ice loss are at centre left. At lower left is the smaller Eyjafjallajokull ice cap and volcano. Part of the Torfajokull caldera is across top. This NASA Earth Observatory image uses Landsat data from the US Geological Survey. Image data from the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite on 20 September 2014.

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