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Steam and Ash Plume over Tinakula Island

After satellites detected a “hotspot” on Tinakula, a tiny island in the South Pacific, a high-resolution image confirmed volcanic activity.


NASA images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon (Earth Observatory), using EO-1 ALI data (top), and Jeff Schmaltz MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC (lower). Caption by Robert Simmon.

Published February 18, 2012
Data acquired February 14, 2012

Sources:
EO-1 > ALI
Terra > MODIS