Ellen Scobie | Verosimile

Remember when the UK labeled Icelanders terrorists last year and froze Icelandic assets? Well, here's your volcanic payback -- British airspace closed for a week wreaking havoc all around Europe. "The daily cost to the global airline industry is estimated at £130m a day in lost revenue alone" (Guardian.co.uk). Talk about Viking vigilantism! I'm sure the Norse gods are chuckling somewhere.

The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)

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Ellen Scobie is a visual artist melding the traditional art forms of painting, photography and printmaking. View her art at www.verosimile.com .