Jon Gustafsson, the Icelandic photographer who had some of the best footage of last year's Eyjafjallajokull eruption, has some breathtaking video of currently-erupting volcano Grímsvötn taken from a helicopter. Check out that lightning! Whoever is in charge of volcano weather is doing a great job. [via Bad Astronomy/Discover]

The erupting Icelandic volcano Grímsvötn is forcing President Obama to leave Ireland a day early, assuming his plane doesn't get stuck on the curb. This is the second time that Iceland's diva volcanoes have disrupted Obama's European travels.

Have you heard about Iceland's fun new volcanic eruption, a nine-mile plume of ash coming out of its most active volcano, Grímsvötn? Let us guide you with a helpful volcano FAQ!

Today is Bóndadagur, "Husband's Day," when Icelandic wives feed their husbands "dried fish, smoked lamb, putrefied shark and soured blood and liver pudding along with other soured meat products, including ram testicles" as a token of their love.

Iceland's Supreme Court, citing DNA evidence from the exhumed body of chess champion Bobby Fischer, ruled he is not the father of a 9-year-old Filipino girl named Jinky Young. Fishcer died in 2008, leaving an estimated $2 million behind. [BBC]

American design and architecture firm Choi + Shine has entered a design for giant electrical pylons in the shape of humans into the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition. Now Iceland just needs some cash to pay for them.

Jón Gnarr, the radio host, philosopher and Mayor of Reykjavík, would like to welcome you to his city. And he would like to do so by considering the nature of existence, and the question of "elves and trolls."

Weirdo chess champion Bobby Fischer's body was exhumed in Iceland so police could determine if he was the father of a 9 year-old Filipino girl. This could help resolve a dispute over Fischer's $2 million estate. (Fiscer left no will.)

Chess champion Bobby Fischer's body was exhumed in Iceland today in an effort to determine if he was the father of a 9-year-old girl, Jinky Young, from the Philippines. He died in 2008 and did not leave a will. [AP]

Chess champ Bobby Fischer's body will be exhumed in Iceland to resolve a paternity suit.

The tiny, frozen, broke-ass, gay-friendly island nation's parliament voted 49-0 today to add "man and man" and "woman and woman" to their existing marriage laws. Hopefully an enormous gay marriage cloud will blow over here on the jet stream. [Reuters]

A new four-mile high cloud of ash has reportedly shot out of the the Eyjafjoll volcano in Iceland. The Institute of Earth Science said there are "no signs of the eruption ending soon." [AFP]

It's been 40 years since the first Earth Day, and somehow we haven't fully screwed the planet. As a favor, here is our "green" list of places that have not been totally ruined, and what you can do about it.

Flights are resuming in Britain, despite the possibility of a new ash cloud.

[A Russian traveler brings some luxury to her impromptu sleeping quarters this morning at JFK International Airport, where she's been stranded for five days thanks to a volcano whose name no one can pronounce. Image via Getty]

The Colbert Report blew the lid off of Iceland's scheme to close all European airports except it's own, while detailing the transgressions that have so far been visited upon us by this island nation. Bjork and vikings, you're on notice.

In a bizarre illustration of the actual impact jet trails have on temperature, scientists in England say that the grounding of planes across Europe could have an immediate and measurable impact over the continent in the next few days.

Volcanic eruptions are very inconvenient if you have travel plans, or get caught up in one. But they are very nice to look at. Here's some of magma-and-ash-spewing Eyjafjallajokull's finest work.

As Iceland's erupting volcano continues to drive European aviation to crisis and mispronouncing American broadcast journalists to tears, Eyjafjallajokull continues to chug plumes of volcanic ash into the air. Watch Eyjafjallajokull's pouf grow.

[The thick layer of ash emitted by the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull will ground flights across northern Europe until midday Friday at the earliest, but if nothing else those Scandinavians are in for some killer volcanic sunsets. Image via Oter's Flickr]