Um... lifting
The plug is of the threaded type with counter-clockwise threads and for the right amount, I will use my devilish powers to unscrew the volcano with it
Jokes aside.
I can tell you that the ash that falls lea side of the volcano is very thick and it is beginning to damage farmlands. But to our amazement, most of the domestic airports and airfields have not been closed and flying helicopters in the viscinity of the volcano has not been prohibited.
Air North has been busy flying with news reporters and geologists and evacuating people from the area.
Check
this article on Morgunbladid newspaper, it is in Icelandic but the picture isn't
