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Calbuco Volcano Erupts

After four decades of quiet, the volcano in southern Chile erupted explosively on April 22, 2015.


The first and second images are by Joshua Stevens, NASA Earth Observatory, and Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response at NASA Goddard. The third and fourth images are by Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Caption by Mike Carlowicz. Special thanks to William Straka of the University of Wisconsin’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS).

Published April 24, 2015
Data acquired April 23, 2015

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response