The volcanic GLASS cloud: How tiny shards created by heat of Iceland eruption have 'rained' on Scotland

Scientists have released photographs of what they believe are volcanic glass particles from Iceland which fell on Scotland this week.

The samples were taken from a car windscreen in Aberdeen and analysed at the city's James Hutton Institute.

The images of the tiny particles were taken using a scanning electron microscope.

Sharp: One of the fragments of glass that rained on Aberdeen is shown under a microscope

Scientists said it was ‘highly likely’ the glass particles, which are part of the ash constituents, came from the Grimsvotn volcano which started erupting on Saturday.

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