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The Biggest Eruption of 2018 Was Not Where You Think

Kilauea dominated the headlines of western media, but remote Ambae in Vanuatu blew away other volcanic events.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using OMPS data from the Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), sulfur dioxide mass data courtesy of Simon Carn, and VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Jenny Marder.

Published February 27, 2019
Data acquired July 10 - August 31, 2018

Sources:
Suomi NPP > OMPS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS