Vanuatu volcanoesThis gorgeously clear photo from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s EO-1 satellite
Vanuatu volcanoesThis gorgeously clear photo from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s EO-1 satellite shows the eastern 2/3 of the island of Ambrym in the nation of Vanuatu, Western Pacific Ocean.The island hosts a volcano also known as Ambrym, 2 active craters of which can be seen here. The craters are emitting plumes of steam and sulfur dioxide which are drifting east due to the prevailing winds. The western crater is known as Benbow, the eastern crater is known as Marum. At high magnification (or by clicking the link at the bottom) an active lava lake can be observed within one of the smaller craters inside the larger Marum crater.-JBBImage credit:NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data from the NASA EO-1 team.http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81858 -- source link
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