On January 15, 2007, the Santa Maria Volcano in Guatemala released a faint plume. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying onboard NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite took this picture the same day. This image shows the plume blowing west, toward the border with Mexico. At the volcano's summit is a outlined in red, where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures. Other red-outlined hotspots dot the region; most are probably fires.
www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1402-03= Santa Maria is a 3,772-meter (12,375-foot)-tall consisting of alternating layers of hardened ash, lava, and rock. A catastrophic eruption in 1902 caused severe damage throughout southwestern Guatemala and carved a crater on the volcano's flank.
NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?SERVIR_Guatemala daily images of this region.
| Date Taken: | 08.01.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.10.2012 17:32 |
| Photo ID: | 713861 |
| Resolution: | 2600x2600 |
| Size: | 1.57 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 6 |
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