Earth  ID: 2348

Lake Nyos Zoom-in

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on January 10, 2002
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.
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Animation zooming into 15 meter Landsat-7 data of deadly Lake Nyos.
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15 meter Landsat-7 data of Lake Nyos taken on 2-5-2001
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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.".

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
George Kling (University of Michigan): Scientist
Bill Evans (USGS): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
Landsat-7/ETM+
2001/02/05
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GTOPO30
Model - USGS - 1993-1996
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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