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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai Erupts
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Published January 18, 2022
Several Earth-observing satellites collected data during and after the potent blast spurred a tsunami and lofted volcanic material high into the stratosphere.
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Smoke in the Stratosphere
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Published May 6, 2021
Astronaut photos of sunrises and sunsets occasionally include stunning views of high-flying aerosol plumes.
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Historic Fires Devastate the U.S. Pacific Coast
Published September 11, 2020
Satellite data is helping scientists size up one of the most intense outbreaks of fire and smoke that Oregon and California have seen in decades.
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A Dust Plume to Remember
Published June 29, 2020
While dust routinely blows across the Atlantic Ocean, scientists rarely see plumes as large and dense with particles as the one that darkened Caribbean skies in June 2020.
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Australian Smoke Plume Sets Records
Published January 31, 2020
Potent wildfires sent one of the largest plumes of smoke higher into the stratosphere than certain satellites have ever observed.
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Explosive Fire Activity in Australia
Published January 9, 2020
Fires are burning so fiercely that they are lofting smoke to unusual heights.
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