Earth  ID: 2353

Lake Kivu Zoom-in

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on January 18, 2002
Zoom down to Lake Kivu, Rwanda, Africa. The northern tip of this lake is considered to be the most likely spot for the next deadly gas eruption (similar to the 1984 and 1986 eruptions at Lake Monoun and Lake Nyos respectively) due to its proximity to volcanically active areas to the north. For more information on similar gas eruptions please see animations #2346 and #2348.
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Animation zooming down to Landsat-5-TM data of Lake Kivu.
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Landsat-5-TM data of Lake Kivu.
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Video slate image reads "Lake Kivu Zoom-in: Zoom down to Lake Kivu, Rwanda, AFrica. The northern tip of this lake is considered to be the most likely spot for the next deadly gas eruption (similar to the 1984 eruption at Lake Monoun, Cameroon and the 1986 eruption of Lake Nyos, Cameroon) due to its proximity to volcanically active areas to the north".

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
George Kling (University of Michigan): Scientist
Bill Evans (USGS): Scientist
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Missions:
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
Landsat

Data Used:
Landsat-5/TM/Band Combination 3-2-1
1986/07/19, 1987/08/07
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GTOPO30
Model - USGS - 1993-1996
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GTOPO30 Topography and Bathymetry
Data Compilation - USGS - 1993 - 1996
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This item is part of this series:
Exploding Lakes

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Keywords:
SVS >> Congo
SVS >> Gas
SVS >> Lake
SVS >> Volcano
GCMD >> Location >> Rwanda
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