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Entrepreneurs in Iceland are cashing in on crisis by selling jars of volcanic ash for £75 on the internet.The grey ash - from volcano Eyjafjallajokull - is being sold in 160 gramme portions in sealed glass containers as souvenirs of the disaster.The ash cloud from the volcano caused havoc to the air industry, grounding flights across Europe, a fortnight ago.One seller, Sofus Gustavsson, says he is giving all his profits to help the clean-up campaign in Iceland which is trying to shift tonnes of volcanic ash."I got the idea from a friend who lives abroad who asked me to send him some ash in an envelope," he said."I thought there must be thousands of people out there who want to remember what happened."Meanwhile, bookies have slashed the odds on a second Icelandic volcano erupting this year following a flood of bets on active volcano Katla.Paddy Power has reduced the odds on Katla blowing its top from 6/1 to 11/8 after receiving one bet of £250, and several of £100.Geologists have growing concerns about an imminent eruption. In the past 1,000 years, all three known eruptions of Eyjafjallajokull have triggered a subsequent eruption of Katla.A Paddy Power spokesman said: "For all our sakes I hope these punters have got it wrong. Katla is the Big Daddy of Iceland's active volcanoes and should it blow it would more than likely spell disaster for the airline industry along with misery for millions of air travelers."Source: orange news
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