Mauna Loa Thermal Infrared

  • Credit

    ASTER Instrument Team, ASTER Project,

This thermal infrared false color image of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii shows lava flows in different colors from each other, due to their relative ages. This helps us understand the eruptive history of a volcano, a critical factor in defining future eruption hazards and risk.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/ASTER
  • Visualization Date

    2000-04-18