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A volcanic ash plume

Volcanic ash plume from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in 2010.

The 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano shows the vast quantities of ash a volcano can release and the impacts the ash has on the landscape and atmosphere.

Acknowledgement: NASA image by Robert Simmon, using ALI data from the EO-1 team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

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