- Original Caption Released with Image:
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This sequence of ASTER nighttime thermal images shows the Pu'u O'o lava
flows entering the sea at Kamokuna on the southeast side of the Island of
Hawaii. Each image covers an area of 9 x 12 km. The acquisition dates are
April 4 2000, May 13 2000, May 22 2000 (upper row) and June 30 2000,
August 1 2000 and January 1 2001 (lower row). Thermal band 14 has been
color coded from black (coldest) through blue, red, yellow and white
(hottest). The first 5 images show a time sequence of a single eruptive
phase; the last image shows flows from a later eruptive phase. The images
are located at 19.3 degrees north latitude, 155 degrees west longitude.
The U.S. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission
Directorate.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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