Volcano Discovery Wednesday Oct 16, 2013 14:52 PM | BY: T
MODIS hot spot data (past 7 days) for Barren Island volcano (ModVolc, Univ. Hawaii)
Terra satellite image from yesterday showing Barren Island with what might be a small eruption plume (NASA)
A new eruption occurred this week. This was confirmed by the Indian Navy (via twitter) who reported "smoke" and lava seen on the island from a surveillance plane. A large hot spot is visible on recent MODIS satellite data on the remote volcanic island, located in the Andaman Islands archipelago.
No details about the nature of the eruption are available at the moment, but the description and distribution of the hot spots suggests that it might be an explosive-effusive eruption with lava flows (possibly reaching the sea.
A satellite image from yesterday shows what likely is a steam/gas plume, but doesn't allow to recognize details.
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