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Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano erupts on supposed Rapture day (PHOTO)

(CBS / What's Trending) - As "apocalypse", "end of world 2011", "rapture 2011" and more lead the most tweeted about and searched about topics, there seems to be an ironic turn of events as Iceland's most active volcano Grimsvotn has just started erupting.

The Grimsvotn volcano last erupted in 2004. Here is one of the most recent twitpic's of the volcano from Hjortur Smarason, who seems to have taken it from Hotel Nupur in Isafjordur, Iceland. The picture is currently getting around 1,000 new views a minute.

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