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PIA10623: Anatahan Volcano, Mariana Islands

Anatahan is a stratovolcano that erupted in May 2003, forming a new crater. This image is from NASA's Terra satellite.

Target Name:	Earth
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Terra
Spacecraft:	Terra
Instrument:	ASTER
Product Size:	626 x 464 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA10623.tif (872.6 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA10623.jpg (46.37 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

In the early hours of February 7, ASTER captured this nighttime thermal infrared image of an eruption of Anatahan Volcano in the central Mariana Islands. The summit of the volcano is bright indicating there is a very hot area there. Streaming to the west is an ash plume, visible by the red color indicating the presence of silicate-rich particles. Dark grey areas are clouds that appear colder than the ocean. Anatahan is a stratovolcano that started erupting in May 2003, forming a new crater.

The image covers an area of 56.3 x 41.8 km, and is located 16 degrees north latitude and 145.6 degrees east longitude.

The U.S. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

Image Credit:

NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Image Addition Date:

2008-02-07