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Eruption of Karthala Volcano
Published January 5, 2005
The air around Grand Comore Island is thick with gases and particles from the eruption of the Karthala Volcano. The island is located in the Eastern Indian Ocean, Northwest of Madagascar and East of the coastlines of Tanzania and Mozambique. It is a part of the Union of the Comoros...
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Eruption on Augustine Island, Alaska
Augustine Volcano in the Gulf of Alaska erupted on December 12, 2005, sending a plume of ash and steam approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) toward the southeast. In this image, the volcanic plume streams from the tiny, snow-capped volcanic island and dissipates over the ocean. According to news reports...
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Ship-wave-shaped wave clouds induced by Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean
The cloud patterns seen in this image resemble ship waves or “Kelvin ship waves”, which are the V-shaped wakes left by moving objects, such as ships or even ducks. The pattern is not coincidental; wind behaves like a fluid, so when it encounters an obstacle, it must move around it, leaving behind a wake or a visible wave pattern. As the air crested a wave...
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