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A Changed Landscape on La Palma

After slow-moving lava flows bulldozed their way down the volcanic peak for months, parts of the island now look more like a moonscape than a tropical paradise.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published December 20, 2021
Data acquired May 21 - December 15, 2021

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI