EO Kids is blasting into the sky and following the trails of volcanic plumes as they travel across the globe. In this issue, you will discover how satellites help us make air travel safer in the aftermath of an eruption. You can create your own flipbook animation and track the traveling ash and gas in this month’s activities. Plus, see a volcano in 3-D.
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Related stories from the Earth Observatory for educators
- Grímsvötn Volcano Injects Ash into the Stratosphere
- Probing Kilauea’s Plume
- Sulfur Dioxide Leaks from Kilauea
- Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Iceland
- Mount Tambora Volcano, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
- Activity at Klyuchevskoy Volcano
- Russian Volcano Rumbles
- Krakatau Volcano National Park
- What on Earth is an Anaglyph?
- Nighttime Ash Tracking with CALIPSO
- Plumes Over the Kamchatka Peninsula
Read more about volcanic plumes from these other resources:
- Tracking Volcanic Ash With Satellites
- Mount Tambora and the Year Without Summer
- Dr. Helene Muri for Design Times: ‘The Scream’ Paintings, Scientists May Have Figured Out The Reason Behind The Man’s Scream
- NASA Satellite Images Erupting Russian Volcano
Image Credits
- Page 1: Stock image of atmosphere (Fotolia), Grímsvötn (NASA Earth Observatory), Klyuchevskoi (NASA Earth Observatory)
- Page 2: Frankenstein artwork from 1831 inside cover of Frankenstein (Public Domain), Acid Rain stock image (Fotolia), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle sulfur dioxide (NASA Earth Observatory), Kilauea (NASA Earth Observatory)
- Page 3: Anaglyph (NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL-Caltech, MISR Team), MISR cartoon image(NASA/JPL/Shigeru Suzuki and Eric M. De Jong, Solar System Visualization Project)
- Page 4: Stock photo of eruption (Fotolia), Images of flipbook construction (Ginger Butcher)
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