Plume from Dukono Volcano, Indonesia

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Dukono Volcano has been blasting ash above Helmahara Island and the surrounding waters since 2003. On April 28, 2014 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this natural-color view of the erupting volcano. Dukono is 1 of 78 of historically active volcanoes in the Indonesian archipelago.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC.

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Dukono is 1 of 78 of Indonesia’s historically active volcanoes.

Instrument:: Terra — MODIS

Plume from Dukono

Dukono, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, released a plume of ash and steam in early May 2009. This pattern of intermittent activity continued through April 2014.