On October 23, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured this image of the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. In this image, the volcano emits a plume that blows westward over the ocean, mingling with nearby clouds. Unlike the opaque white clouds, however, the volcanic plume is darker and more translucent. MODIS caught the volcano in a period of ash and/or steam emissions that continued intermittently for days.
www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1600-05= Soufriere Hills is a composed of alternating layers of hardened lava, ash, and rock. It occupies the southern half of the island of Montserrat, and it began a period of serious eruptive activity in 1995.
A eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/17000/17451/soufriere_tmo_2006295.kmz 250-meter-resolution KMZ file of Soufriere Hills is available for use with earth.google.com/download-earth.html Google Earth.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response team.
| Date Taken: | 07.31.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.10.2012 12:20 |
| Photo ID: | 690184 |
| Resolution: | 2224x2224 |
| Size: | 1.74 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 4 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
