A NASA satellite observed the eruption of a volcano in a remote part of Eritrea.
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This detailed image from June 29, 2011, provides a nearly unimpeded view of lava flows at the erupting Nabro volcano in Eritrea.
This pair of satellite images was among the first detailed pictures of the erupting vent and lava flows.
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A lava flow emerged from the caldera of Nabro Volcano as its eruption evolved from explosive to effusive.
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Nabro Volcano emitted water vapor, volcanic ash, and copious quantities of sulfur dioxide on the morning of June 22, 2011.
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Acquired June 19, 2011, this natural-color image shows an ash plume from Nabro Volcano extending more than 60 kilometers into Ethiopia.
Astronauts on the International Space Station snapped this photograph of the volcano in Eritrea just months before it erupted for the first time in recorded history.
Nabro Volcano emits a dense volcanic plume, rich in water vapor and sulfur dioxide, in this high-resolution satellite image.
Remote Nabro Volcano, along the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, emitted a thick plume of volcanic gases on June 15, 2011.
Nabro, a stratovolcano in northeast Africa, rumbled to life on June 12, the volcano's first known eruption in recorded human history.
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