Images & Animations
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Credit
Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
The Chiliques volcano, which hasn’t erupted in at least 10,000 years, is now showing signs of life.
The Chiliques volcano, which hasn’t erupted in at least 10,000 years, is now showing signs of life. This pair of images from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) shows the volcano in visible and nrea-infrared light (top) and thermal infrared (lower). The thermal infrared image shows hot spots in the summit crtaer caused by magma just under the surface.
For more information, read: Dormant Volcanoes Shows Signs of Life
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Start Date
2002-01-06 -
Event Start Date
2002-01-06 -
NH Image ID
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NH Event ID
2633 -
NH Posting Date
2002-04-19
