Earth  ID: 2346

Lake Monoun Zoom-in

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on January 10, 2002
On August 8, 1984 37 people from the villages surrounding Lake Monoun, Cameroon, Africa were found mysteriously dead. First reports pointed to man made terrorist activity but it soon became clear that this was a natural event; somehow or other the lake had exploded, releasing huge volumes of a poisonous, invisible gas.
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Animation zoom down to 15 m. Landsat-7 data (bands 3, 2, 1) of Lake Monoun taken on 2-5-2001
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15 meter Landsat-7 data of Lake Monoun.
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Video slate image reads "Lake Monoun Zoom-in: Zoom down sequence to Lake Monoun, Cameroon, Africa. On August 8, 1984, mysterious gas emissions from the lake killed 37 people in neighboring villages".

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Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
George Kling (University of Michigan): Scientist
Bill Evans (USGS): Scientist
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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
GTOPO30
Model - USGS - 1993-1996
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Landsat-7/ETM+
2001/02/05
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This item is part of this series:
Exploding Lakes

Keywords:
SVS >> Gas
SVS >> Lake
SVS >> Zoom
GCMD >> Location >> Cameroon
GCMD >> Location >> Africa
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0