NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of Sakura-jima venting ash over Kagoshima Bay.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
In March 2018, a volcano on the Japanese island of Kyushu erupted explosively.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes Human Presence
Winds pushed ash from Sakura-jima south then east after an eruption on May 21, 2015.
Volcanoes
A dark plume of ash extends more than 500 kilometers east of Japan’s Shinmoe-dake volcano in this image from February 3, 2011.
Recently, the volcano’s occassional puffs of ash and volcanic gases have become more frequent and intense.
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Satellite view of an ash plume and pyroclastic flow on Sakurajima Volcano.
Land Volcanoes
An intense eruption in Indonesia has covered the surrounding landscape in ash.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
Acquired November 26 and 29, 2012, these images compare conditions on Tolbachik Volcano, which rumbled to life in late November 2012.
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