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Himarari-8 false-color RGB images [click to play animation]

The Kambalny volcano in far southern Kamchatka, Russia erupted around 2120UTC on 24 March 2017 — and Himawari-8 false-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the NOAA/CIMSS Volcanic Cloud Monitoring site (above) showed the ash plume drifting south-southwestward. It is interesting to note the presence of numerous contrails (darker green linear features) drifting northwestward across the region, due to the close proximity of a major Tokyo flight corridor.

True-color RGB images from Terra MODIS, Suomi NPP VIIRS and Aqua MODIS, viewed using RealEarth (below) provided a daytime view of the long ash plum on 25 March. The dark signature of ash fall onto the snow-covered terrain was evident on the Terra and Aqua images, just west of the high-altitude ash plume.

Terra MODIS, Suomi NPP VIIRS and Aqua MODIS true-color RGB images [Click to enlarge]

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