Bursts of Ash from Soufriere Hills Volcano

After 10 months of relative quiet, Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat blasted ash 3,600 meters into the sky in early October 2009.

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NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The Rapid Response Team provides twice-daily images of this region. Caption by Robert Simmon.

Published October 6, 2009
Data acquired October 6, 2009

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Terra > MODIS