August 26, 2006
The island volcano of Manam released a volcanic plume of ash and/or steam on August 26, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite took this picture the same day. In this image, a dingy plume blows away from the volcano toward the northwest. Clouds often gather over peaks, and volcanoes are no exception; over Manam’s summit are opaque white clouds. To the west of the volcano is a brownish-green sediment plume pushing northward into the Bismarck Sea from mainland Papua New Guinea.
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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team.
