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 Cumbre Vieja Eruption Column

   December 09, 2021

    PSX_20211006_210648

   Photographer:  Pedro José Luengo Ramírez

   Summary Author:  Pedro José Luengo Ramírez;  Cadan Cummings

   Featured above is a photograph of an  eruption column produced by
   the volcano in the  Cumbre Vieja mountain range on the island of
    La Palma, Canary Islands. This picture was taken on October 6,
   2021, approximately two and a half weeks after the volcano began
   erupting. The vantage point was from the  Roque de Los Muchachos,
   which is located about 10 miles (17 km) away from the eruption and at
   an altitude of 8,000 ft (2,426 m). This specific series of eruptions
   was unique because the eruption column encountered a temperature
   inversion at around 3 miles (5 km) altitude, which effectively forced
   the ash to disperse horizontally instead of vertically. Viewed from
   above several days prior by the Moderate Resolution Imaging
   Spectroradiometer  (MODIS) satellite, the column appeared as a
   series of  concentric rings or a bulls-eye.
     * Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
       Coordinates: 28.754, -17.885

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