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Fernadina Volcano, Galapagos Islands: Natural Hazards
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Fernadina Volcano, Galapagos Islands: Natural Hazards
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On the westernmost island in the Galapagos Islands lies the volcanic chain's most active volcano: Fernandina. Located on a remote, uninhabited island in the Galapagos National Park, the volcano's eruptions often go unobserved, but on May 13, 2005, the volcano's eruption was unmistakable. A short time after the volcano started to erupt, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) flying on the OrbView-2 satellite captured this image. A thick cloud of ash and steam rises from the volcano and fans out to the west. A smaller, slightly darker plume is blowing south from the island. This darker plume may be more ash-rich than the larger plume, or it may be smoke from fires ignited by lava flows.
The Instituto Geofisico of the Escuela Politecnica Nacional of Ecuador reports that ash rose to a height of seven kilometers from a fissure on the west side of the volcano. Volcanic material has fallen on the neighboring Isabela Island. The volcano's last eruption was in 1995.
SeaWiFS images courtesy the oceancolor.gsfc.nasa .gov/ Ocean Color Group , NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and www.orbimage.com/ ORBIMAGE . NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE.
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On the westernmost island in the Galapagos Islands lies the volcanic chain's most active volcano: Fernandina. Located on a remote, uninhabited island in the Galapagos National Park, the volcano's eruptions often go unobserved, but on May 13, 2005, the volcano's eruption was unmistakable. A short time after the volcano started to erupt, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) flying on the OrbView-2 satellite captured this image. A thick cloud of ash and steam rises from the volcano and fans out to the west. A smaller, slightly darker plume is blowing south from the island. This darker plume may be more ash-rich than the larger plume, or it may be smoke from fires ignited by lava flows.
The Instituto Geofisico of the Escuela Politecnica Nacional of Ecuador reports that ash rose to a height of seven kilometers from a fissure on the west side of the volcano. Volcanic material has fallen on the neighboring Isabela Island. The volcano's last eruption was in 1995.
SeaWiFS images courtesy the oceancolor.gsfc.nasa .gov/ Ocean Color Group , NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and www.orbimage.com/ ORBIMAGE . NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE.
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Where -- Ecuador
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Where -- Ecuador
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Ecuador
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Fernandina2_SWFS_200 5133
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Fernandina2_SWFS_200 5133
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gwilliam@archive.org
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gwilliam@archive.org
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2011-07-26 09:10:50
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2011-07-26 09:10:50
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2011-07-26 09:10:50
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2011-07-26 09:10:50
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Fernandina2_SW FS_2005133/Fernandin a_SWFS_2005133_lrg.j pg
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Fernandina2_SW FS_2005133/Fernandin a_SWFS_2005133_lrg.j pg
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Fernandina2_SW FS_2005133/Fernandin a2_SWFS_2005133.jpg
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/Fernandina2_SW FS_2005133/Fernandin a2_SWFS_2005133.jpg
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Fernandina_SWFS_2005 133_lrg.jpg
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Fernandina_SWFS_2005 133_lrg.jpg
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2005-05-13
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Public Domain
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Public Domain
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2005
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