Earth ID: 2193

Mt. Pinatubo 10th Anniversary Perspective

Visualizations by Michael Mangos Released on June 12, 2001

This recent false color Landsat-7 image, from January 2001, shows Mt. Pinatubo as it stands today. The caldera is seen in the middle of the image, underneath clouds.
Ten years after the blast, vegetation is re-growing on the slopes of the mountain (in green.) Streams of mud, called lahars, (resulting from ash from the eruption mixing with water- seen as the lighter sediment) continue to flow down the sides of the mountains, as well as channels of water (darker streams). However, as vegetation grows back, the ash becomes more stabilized and less likely to form the destructive lahars.

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http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/pinatubo_20010618/index.html

Visualization Credits

Michael Mangos (GST): Lead Animator
Richard McPeters (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Mission:
Landsat

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Landsat-7/ETM+

2001/01

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Keywords:
SVS >> Eruption
SVS >> Lahars
SVS >> Mt. Pinatubo
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Volcano
GCMD >> Location >> Philippines
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