Santorini’s Hidden Worlds

An explosive eruption thousands of years ago transformed the volcanic island but preserved a Bronze Age town under a layer of ash.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Santorini’s Hidden Worlds.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 10, 2025
Data acquired December 18, 2024