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KOMPAS.com – Last week, Mount Anak Krakatau erupted. Apparently, the eruption can be seen from space.
Reporting from Space.com, Landsat 8 satellite operated by NASA and EE. USA The Geological Survey captured a photo of the Anak Krakatau eruption on Monday (04/13/2020).
In the natural-color photo, the white clouds of smoke appear to rise into the sky, while lava flows continue to flow into the surrounding ocean.
Verity Flower, a volcano expert at the University Space Research Association based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, explained on the website of the NASA Earth Observatory that, based on its location, the white cloud Smoke originated from Mount Anak Krakatu.
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He said that on April 12, 2020, I saw a similar feature on one of the MISRs (photos of the multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite), with features like this smoke cloud over the summit of the volcano (Anak Krakatau).
Then, from its white color, Flower guessed that the rising smoke was mostly steam and gas.
The reason is that if most are made of ash, the smoke will look gray or brown in the natural color photos.
So where did the ashes of the Anak Krakatau eruption go?
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The ash is seen in the dark smoke that stretches north, which is almost hidden behind the white smoke in the photo.
Another photo taken by the Landsat 8 satellite on April 13, 2020.
