Satellite image of the La Cumbre volcano eruption captured on March 5, 2024, by day-night band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite.
The most recent eruption began on March 2, 2024, when lava began to pour from a circular fissure on the volcano’s southeast flank. The, the third largest island in the Galápagos archipelago, lies roughly 1,100 kilometers off the west coast of Ecuador.On March 7, the OLI on Landsat 8 captured an image of lava as it spilled down the 1,476-meter peak. The image is a composite of shortwave infrared, near infrared, and green light . Shortwave infrared light . Older lava flows appear black.
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