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Data acquired February 21 12:00:00, 2002 542 x 401 JPEG
Data acquired February 21 12:00:00, 2002 542 x 401 109 KB - JPEG
On February 21, 2002, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) collected this view of the Pacific Ocean off eastern Asia. There is a large, greyish volcanic plume blowing eastward from Mount Oyama on the Japanese island of Miyake-jima, located due south of Tokyo. The smoke plume can be seen mingling with whiter clouds in the area far to the east of the island. It appears that some of the volcanic plume may be curving back toward the northwest and blowing toward Tokyo.
Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Published February 25, 2002 Data acquired February 21 12:00:00, 2002