Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula

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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image of ash billowing from Alaska’s Pavlof volcano on November 14, 2014.

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Pavlof Volcano description and information

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland.

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Alaska’s Pavlof volcano was erupting when the Aqua satellite passed over on November 14, 2014.

Instrument:: Aqua — MODIS

Appears in this Collection:: MODIS Rapid Response

Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula

The Alaska Volcano Observatory first detected earthquakes associated with the movement of magma and heat at Pavlof’s summit on November 12, 2014. Photographs and satellite imagery confirmed an eruption soon after.