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Archive: Wed Jun 2019

Ulawun volcano erupts in Papau New Guinea

The Ulawun volcano erupted just after 0430 UTC on 26 June 2019 — a comparison of Himawari-8 Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed the thermal anomaly (yellow to red 3.9 µm pixels) preceding the eruption and the development of a well-defined... Read More