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Plumes and Clouds Stand Off Over Holuhraun Lava Field

Heat, steam, and sulfur dioxide from the fissure eruption appear to affect cloud patterns around the volcano.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Michael Carlowicz, with image interpretation from Santiago Gassó and Ralph Kahn, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and Vincent Realmuto, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Published November 12, 2014
Data acquired November 9, 2014

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI