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![Mayon Volcano Erupts in the Philippines](/s3/2021-06/2183v1_20180122-mayonvolcano.jpeg)
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this image of the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines on January 22,…
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![Mount St. Helens, Forty Years Later: How NOAA Monitors Volcanoes From Earth Orbit](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Monday, May 18, 2020Forty years ago today, iconic Mount St. Helens erupted in southwestern Washington state in the deadliest…
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![Nishinoshima Volcano Erupts Near Tropical Storm Hagupit](/s3/migrated/2020-08-04.gif)
August 04, 2020 On Aug. 1, 2020, the Himawari-8 satellite, operated by our partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency,…
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![Polar Satellites Assist Public Safety Officials after La Soufriere Eruption](/s3/2021-07/20210410_Volcano_NOAA20_0.png)
The La Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent Island in the Caribbean erupted in an explosive fashion in April 2021.
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![NOAA WEATHER SATELLITES’ EYE ON THE SKY](/s3/2021-10/news-images-65-a.jpg)
August 19th marks National Aviation Day, a United States national observation originally established in 1939 by President…
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![Fuego Volcano Erupts in Guatemala](/s3/migrated/20180603-volcandefuego.png)
he Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this image of the Fuego Volcano eruption in Guatemala on June 3,…
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![The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption, a Multi-Hazard Event](/s3/2022-01/Tonga_EfO_still_clean.png)
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, has erupted three times in less than thirty days.…
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This Initiative develops multi-sensor products for volcanic hazard applications, such as volcanic cloud detection, tracking…
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![Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Erupts Again](/s3/2022-01/Volcano%20still.jpg)
On Jan. 13, 2022, NOAA’s GOES West satellite captured another explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai…
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![GOES-17 Is Now Operational. Here’s What It Means for Weather Forecasts in the Western U.S.](/s3/migrated/GOES17_GeoColor_NH_20190209.jpg)
It’s official: GOES-17 is now operational as NOAA’s GOES West satellite. GOES-17 GeoColor view of the Northern Hemisphere,…
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![White Island Volcano Erupts in New Zealand](/s3/migrated/20191209_newzealand_volcano_g17.gif)
A powerful volcanic eruption occurred on White Island, a small uninhabited islet off the coast of New Zealand, on Dec. 9,…
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![This Day In History: Mount Tambora Explosively Erupts in 1815](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
April 10, 2020 On this day in 1815, Mount Tambora, seen here on April 10, 2020,by the Himawari-8 satellite produced the…
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![2018’S Biggest Volcanic Eruption of Sulfur Dioxide](/s3/2021-09/news-118a-big.jpg)
The Manaro Voui volcano on the island of Ambae in the nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean made the 2018 record…
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![DSCOVR Mission Hosts Two NASA Earth-Observing Instruments](/s3/2021-07/dscover.jpg)
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), a mission lead by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in…