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Indonesia’s Mount Kelut Erupts
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Published February 15, 2014
NASA satellites detected ash from Mount Kelut nearly 20 kilometers (12 miles) in the atmosphere within two hours of the explosive February 13 eruption.
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A Vertical View of Wildfire Smoke as it Heads to Sea
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Published June 28, 2013
As satellites observed, an intense wildfire in Quebec, Canada, lofted smoke high into the atmosphere in June 2013. Winds then drove the smoke across the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Europe.
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Dust and Pollution Rise Before the Monsoon
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Published August 24, 2011
In the weeks before India’s monsoon rains, dust, smoke, and haze build over the Ganges River Plain. This image provides a profile of the atmosphere during one of those pollution periods.
Ash Plume from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
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Published June 14, 2011
Acquired June 5, 2011, this image shows infrared nighttime observations and an atmospheric profile of the volcanic ash plume from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle in Chile.
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Dust blowing out of West Africa
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Published November 27, 2010
Satellite instruments such as CALIPSO can measure the distribution of aerosols in a vertical slice of the atmosphere, as with this dust plume off the west coast of Africa on April 22, 2010.
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Fire Cloud over Northern Russia
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Published September 1, 2010
This profile of the atmosphere provides a rare view of a towering fire-formed thunderstorm and the smoke it injected high into the atmosphere.
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Nighttime Ash Tracking with CALIPSO
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Published May 25, 2010
A satellite records a vertical profile of the atmosphere and reveals the altitude of ash clouds.