Ash Plume from Rabaul Volcano

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Tavurvur Cone emitted an ash plume on August 6, 2013. Located within the Rabaul Caldera on New Britain Island, Tavurvur began emitting ash in January 2013 after a few years of relative quiet. This natural-color image was acquired by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data from the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Robert Simmon.

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Ash rises above restive Tavurvur Cone on New Britain Island.

Instrument:: EO-1 — ALI

Plume from Rabaul Volcano

Rabaul Volcano on the northeastern end of New Britain released plumes of volcanic ash and/or steam in early April 2009. After a pause of several years, vigorous activity resumed in early 2013.