An Active Volcano Eruption Caught from Space

Momotombo's been busy. This volcano, located off Lake Managua (also called Lago Xolotlán) in Nicaragua, has erupted a handful of times in modern history, but starting in March it started popping off hundreds of small explosions which have thrown an ash plume into the air above it. The image above was taken by the Terra Earth-observing satellite on Mar. 2, 2016. It's a combination of visible light (green and red, shown as blue and green) and infrared (shown as red). As I mentioned in an earlier ...