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Archive: Dec 2010

Oil pipeline fire in Mexico

We received the following in an email from Mike Sporer (NOAA/NESDIS):I saw this in a Goes-13 visible loop. There appears to be a "dark cloud" originating near the volcano Popocatepetl. But I have never seen a volcanic plume appear dark in a visible image before. The "dark cloud" also appears... Read More