Data acquired May 22, 2011
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Data acquired May 23, 2011
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Data acquired May 24, 2011
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Data acquired May 22 - 26, 2011
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Data acquired May 22 - 26, 2011
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Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Grímsvötn

A NASA satellite caught this glimpse of a plume rising and drifting from the Icelandic volcano in May 2011.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Grímsvötn.

NASA image by Andrey Savtchenko and Robert Simmon, using data from the Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center and the AIRS science team. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, with background from Andrey Savtchenko.

Published June 2, 2011
Data acquired May 22 - 26, 2011