Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano plume of ash and streaming across the North Atlantic on 15 April 2010. The plume blows past the Faroe Islands and arcs slightly toward the north near the Shetland Islands. The plume’s tan hue indicates a fairly high ash content. Natural-color image from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott.
2010-04-15
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