Mayon Volcano, Southeast Luzon, Philippines - related image preview

540 x 405
JPEG

Mayon Volcano, Southeast Luzon, Philippines - related image preview

2000 x 2028
2 MB - JPEG

Mayon Volcano, Southeast Luzon, Philippines - related image preview

JPEG

Mayon Volcano, Southeast Luzon, Philippines

Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines, located just north of the coastal town of Legaspi in southern Luzon about 325 km southeast of Manila. Mayon is a near-perfect cone; its steep, forested slopes look rather like a bull’s eye when viewed from above.


Image STS083-747-88 was provided by the by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Published July 15, 2001
Data acquired April 8, 1997

Source:
Space Shuttle > Medium Format Camera
Collection:
Astronaut Photography