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Piton de la Fournaise

Piton de la Fournaise erupts almost every year, primarily from the lava shield named Dolomieu. A January 2009 image of this volcano shows signs of previous volcanic activity.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 Team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published March 29, 2009
Data acquired January 16, 2009

Sources:
EO-1 > ALI
Terra > ASTER