Heard Island (Australia): new hot spot suggesting renewed activity
Mon, 8 Jul 2013, 15:25
15:25 PM | BY: T
MODIS hot spot data (past 2 days) for Heard volcano (ModVolc, Univ. Hawaii)
This is the first sign of possible new lava effusion since May, when a lava flow was detected on the SW flank.
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Thu, 2 May 2013, 12:03
Heard island volcano (Australia): satellite images confirm active lava flows since Dec 2012
Effusive eruptive activity at the remote volcano continues. A recent satellite picture shows a new lava flow on the SW flank of Mawson Peak. A MODIS hot spot is visible as well. ... Read all
Wed, 1 May 2013, 06:00
Heard volcano (Kerguelen Plateau) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 1 May-7 May 2013 (New Activity / Unrest)
According to NASA Earth Observatory (EO) an image acquired on 7 April from the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's EO-1 satellite showed that Mawson's Peak crater on Heard Island had filled and a lava flow had traveled down the SW flank. The lava flow was visible in an image acquired on 20 April and had slightly widened just below the summit. ... Read all
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