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Lava and Smoke Blanket Fagradalsfjall

Lava is once again spilling from the volcano in southwest Iceland, only this time it is igniting moss fires.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photographs courtesy of Laura Wainman (University of Leeds) and Adam Voiland (NASA Earth Observatory). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 2, 2023
Data acquired July 17, 2023

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
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