Sarychev Eruption Generates Large Cloud of Sulfur Dioxide

A large cloud of sulfur dioxide stretched across the Northern Pacific Ocean following the eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano in mid-June 2009.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sarychev Eruption Generates Large Cloud of Sulfur Dioxide.

NASA image courtesy Simon Carn, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published June 18, 2009
Data acquired June 10 - 17, 2009

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