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San Cristobal Volcano

The smoke plume from the San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua is visible as much as 200 kilometers away from its source in this SeaWiFS image. Smoke also appears to be coming from the vicinity of the Masaya volcano complex further to the south.


Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published February 25, 2000
Data acquired February 25, 2000

Source:
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Topics:
Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash
Solid Earth > Volcanoes >
Collection:
Visible Earth