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Close to the volcano as he dared. he took us within several hundred feet. it looked like an out of control fireworks show with bottle rockets going haywire, shooting what looked like rocks, but were actually boulders out of the crater. the steam kept changing colors and shapes, towering thousands of feet in the hair. >> this looks like the gates to hell. >> reporter: and this is what happens after the ash lands. olfer eggerson is a farmer who is now dealing with a 2,500 acre farm consumed by ash...

And shapes, towering thousands of feet in the air. i asked the pilots his first impression. >> this looks like the gates to hell. >> reporter: and this is what happens after the ash lands. olfer eggerson is a farmer who is now dealing with a 2,500 acre farm consumed by ash that has turned into muck and mud. he tells us, this has been in my family for three generations. me, my father, my grandfather. thats why it hurts so much. his family has owned the farm near the volcano for 104 years, but the...