UNDER SEIGE

This Is Your Face On Ash

SAFE ACROSS THE THE ATLANTIC, THE NATURAL DISASTER WREAKING HAVOC in Europe's skies seems like a million miles away.

Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull (ay-yah-FYAH'-plah-yer-kuh-duhl) volcano continues to spew ash, shooting plumes as high as six miles in the sky, and grounding airlines in the largest air traffic shutdown since World War II. Millions of travelers continue to be stranded across the globe.

The volcano erupted on April 14th, and as of April 18th, 63,000 flights had been cancelled.

The eruption has also heaped opportunity on photojournalists who have snapped spectacular pictures of ash plumes over Iceland. But pictures from the ground prove scarier.

Above, dairy farmer Berglind Hilmarsdottir wears a gas mask as he travails to find his missing cattle. The Associated Press reveals the harrowing scene Saturday in Nupur, Iceland.