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collection:
nasa new
mediatype:
image
collection:
nasa
collection:
nasanaturalhazards
title:
Eruption at Ambrym Volcano: Natural Hazards
description:
The Ambrym Volcano was billowing ash and steam on October 4, 2004, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured this image. Located on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu approximately 2,200 kilometers northeast of Australia, the volcano is one of the region's most active, with regular eruptions nearly every year in recent history. Red dots on top of the volcano indicate that MODIS also detected a thermal anomaly associated with the eruption. This could be hot ash, lava, or fires started by the erupting volcano.

The large image provided above is at MODIS' maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides the image in rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov/gallery/?200 4278-1004/Vanuatu.A2 004278.2300.500m.jpg additional resolutions .

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
subject:
Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
subject:
What -- Terra
subject:
Where -- Australia
subject:
Where -- Vanuatu
what:
Terra
where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
where:
Australia
where:
Vanuatu
identifier:
Vanuatu_TMO_2004278
uploader:
gwilliam@archive.org
addeddate:
2011-07-25 05:15:55
publicdate:
2011-07-25 05:15:55
creator:
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
ImageUID:
file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Vanuatu_TMO_20 04278/Vanuatu_TMO_20 04278_lrg.jpg
filename:
Vanuatu_TMO_2004278_ lrg.jpg
date:
2004-10-04
rights:
Public Domain
source:
year:
2004
language:
eng

Eruption at Ambrym Volcano: Natural Hazards