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Rock and Glass Shards Blanket La Soufriére

Following several explosive eruptions on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, volcanic ash poses myriad hazards in the air and on the ground.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Rock and Glass Shards Blanket La Soufriére.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, and ICESat-2 data from the National Snow & Ice Center courtesy of Stephen Palm/NASA GSFC. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 28, 2021
Data acquired April 12, 2021

Sources:: ICESat-2 > ATLAS; Landsat 8 > OLI