Volcanic ash cloud causes travel disruption - in pictures

An eruption of the Grímsvötn volcano sends thousands of tonnes of volcanic ash into the sky above Iceland Photograph: Jon Magnusson/Getty Images Photograph: Jon Magnusson/Action images Passengers at Edinburgh airport rest on the floor after flights were cancelled Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP A satellite image provided by NASA shows the plume of dense ash from the Grímsvötn volcano as it casts a shadow to the west Photograph: NASA/AP A plane flies past the ash plume from the eruption of the Grímsvötn volcano Photograph: Olafur Sigurjonsson /Reuters A passenger at Edinburgh airport after flights were cancelled Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP Tourists leave the Islandia Hotel in Nupur as ash continues to pour from the Grímsvötn volcano Photograph: Vilhelm Gunnarsson/AFP/Getty Images An arrivals board at Glasgow airport brings news of several flight cancellations Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA The Grímsvötn volcano erupts, sending thousands of tonnes of volcanic ash into the sky Photograph: Jon Magnusson/Getty Images A member of a rescue team checks on a farmer close to the village of Kirkjubaearklaustur Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP A car drives through a cloud of ash at a farm near Kirkjubaejarklaustur. People living next to the glacier where the Grímsvötn volcano burst into life have been most affected, with ash shutting out daylight and smothering buildings and vehicles Photograph: Ingolfur Juliusson/Reuters Farmers check on their livestock near Kirkjubaearklaustur Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP A satellite image shows the brown-coloured ash cloud to the north-west of Britain. The image was received by the University of Dundee from a NASA satellite Photograph: University of Dundee/Reuters Ash covers vehicles close to the village of Kirkjubaearklaustur Photograph: Brynjar Gauti/AP