Eruption of Soufriere Hills, Montserrat

On March 24, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this image of an ash plume coming from the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the island of Montserrat (bottom) as the satellite passed over the islands of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea.

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published March 25, 2003
Data acquired March 24 - 24, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Solid Earth > Volcanoes > Eruption Dynamics

Solid Earth > Volcanoes > Volcanic Ash/Dust