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Mount Etna
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Mount Etna

Volcanic plumes, clouds, and snow cover the summit of Sicily’s Mount Etna.

Published Apr 2, 2013

Atmosphere Land Volcanoes

Volcanic Activity at Nyiragongo
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Volcanic Activity at Nyiragongo

Acquired August 3, 2010, this natural-color image shows a plume from Nyiragongo Volcano.

Published Aug 12, 2010

Atmosphere Land Volcanoes

Journey from the Center of the Earth
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Journey from the Center of the Earth

A volcanic plume rises from magma within Nyamuragira Volcano, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Published Jul 18, 2013

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Nyiragongo Vents Steam
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Nyiragongo Vents Steam

When the African volcano Nyiragongo erupted unusually fluid lava in January 2002, nearly 500,000 Congo citizens were displaced, and dozens were killed. The lava did not erupt from the central crater, but instead ran from fissures along the southern slopes, just north of the city of Goma.

Published May 8, 2007

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Plume from Nyiragongo
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Plume from Nyiragongo

Acquired July 28, 2009, this true-color image provides a relatively clear view of the summit of Nyiragongo Volcano as it releases a faint plume.

Published Jul 29, 2009

Atmosphere Land Volcanoes

Plume from Nyiragongo
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Plume from Nyiragongo

One of Africa’s most active volcanoes vents a thick steam plume.

Published Aug 7, 2013

Atmosphere Volcanoes

Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo
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Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo

In central Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sit two volcanoes: Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira. Besides their proximity to Lake Kivu in the south, these volcanoes share the capacity for destruction, each having produced its share of catastrophic eruptions since the early twentieth century. Yet these volcanoes differ markedly from each other, one being a low-profiled structure rising subtly from the plain, and the other sporting steep slopes.

Published Dec 10, 2007

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Activity at Kilauea’s Summit
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Activity at Kilauea’s Summit

The ongoing eruption at the Hawai’ian volcano is apparent in visible, near infrared, and thermal light.

Published Jan 23, 2013

Land Volcanoes

Nyiragongo Volcano Erupts in the Congo
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Nyiragongo Volcano Erupts in the Congo

Published Jan 30, 2002

Volcanoes

Activity at Shiveluch Volcano
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Activity at Shiveluch Volcano

Quiet winds on an early spring day allowed a plume of gas and ash to hover above Shiveluch Volcano.

Published Apr 3, 2013

Atmosphere Land Volcanoes