Eruption at Mount Merapi, Indonesia

This visualization shows the approximate location of an avalanche of hot ash and volcanic gas flowing down Indonesia’s erupting Mount Merapi volcano on October 30, 2010.

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NASA image courtesy Robert Simmon and Jesse Allen using data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published November 5, 2010
Data acquired November 1, 2010

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Terra > ASTER