Sulfur Dioxide emission from Mt Pinatubo Eruption June 1991 with dates
Visualizations by
Lori Perkins
Released on June 12, 2001
This animation shows sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere during the Mt. Pinatubo Eruption and for a few weeks after the eruption. Stratospheric SO2 dissipates rather quickly compared to volcanic ash and stratoshperic H2SO4.