Amazing Satellite Images Of Volcanoes!!

Few things in nature are as unpredictable as the majestic volcano. Unleashing billowing ash, lava and pyroclastic flows when the Earth’s tectonics plates push and shove at each other like bullies in a playground, volcanoes are testament to the devastating and deadly forces of nature. Their power and might have seen them worshipped in the past, feared always and trusted, never, yet we still are drawn by their beauty, even in the face of destruction.

Here are some of NASA’s best satellite images of volcanoes from around the world, revealing the other side of these fiery demons. Their allure remains uncanny but not unsurprising.



Volcanoes of Eurasia & Oceania
1. Mount Bromo is one of the many peaks that make up the Tengger Caldera in Java. Bromo is one of the most photographed sites in Java and is easily recognized as much of its peak has been blasted off leaving a wide crater which continuously belches white sulphurous smoke.



2. Nea Kameni is a rarity as it was one of the few volcanoes to be observed rising from the sea. Created between 1707-1711 Nea Kameni eventually erupted in 1866 offering a spectacular fiery display before settling to become what it is today.



3. Mount Vesuvius near the Italian city of Naples is most famous for the eruption of AD 79 when devastating pyroclastic flows and ash covered the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing anyone not quick enough to escape. Vesuvius has erupted about 50 times since, sometimes with devastating effects. It’s thought to be the most dangerous in the world still as a population of about 3,000,000 people live around the base.



4. Mount Belinda Volcano on the remote island of Montagu in the South Sandwich Islands was thought to be inactive until it erupted in 2001, and it’s been erupting ever since. This false-color image shows hot areas in red, snow is blue, white indicates steam and grey, volcanic ash.



5. This eruption of Mount Etna was taken on 30 October 2002, which was one of the most vigorous in years. It was triggered by a series of earthquakes earlier in October 2002.
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