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Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano in the Indonesian Sulawesi Islands, erupted on September 25, 2002, sending a large plume of ash (gray pixels) streaming westward toward Borneo and Sumatra. The volcano was still venting smoke on Sept. 26, when this image was acquired.References & Resources
Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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