Lake Nyos Zoom-in
On August 21, 1986 (two years after the gas explosion of Lake Monoun. See animation #2346 for more details), Lake Nyos in Cameroon, Africa, also exploded. The resulting gas emissions killed over 1,700 people and livestock in neighboring villages. The deadly effects were seen as far as 25 kilometers away.
Animation zooming into 15 meter Landsat-7 data of deadly Lake Nyos.
15 meter Landsat-7 data of Lake Nyos taken on 2-5-2001
Video slate image reads "Lake Nyos Zoom-in: Zoom down to Lake Nyos, Cameroon, Africa. On August 21, 1986, Lake Nyos emitted a gas which killed over 1,700 people and livestock in neighboring villages.".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- George Kling (University of Michigan)
- Bill Evans (USGS)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, January 10, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
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[Landsat-7: ETM+]
ID: 55This dataset can be found at: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html
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[GTOPO30]
ID: 415
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