A true-color MODIS image shows water vapor and volcanic ash erupting from Sarychev Peak and forming a counter-clockwise arc over the Sea of Okhotsk on June 16, 2009.
This true-color image from July 27, 2009, shows a plume blowing toward the northwest from Batu Tara. The distinct segments of the plume suggest that it was released in pulses of volcanic activity.
Acquired August 9, 2009, this true-color image shows a faint plume from Bagana Volcano on the island of Bougainville blowing toward the northeast, over the Pacific Ocean.