Earth ID: 2350

Moving from Lake Monoun to Lake Nyos

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on January 10, 2002

Lake Monoun and Lake Nyos are known as the killer lakes of Cameroon, Africa. In 1984 Lake Monoun exploded, emitting a deadly gas. Almost exactly two years later a similar explosion happened at Lake Nyos; although this time the death toll was much higher (over 1,700 people and livestock). Combined, the gas emissions from these lakes killed over 1,800 people and livestock in neighboring villages.

Transitionary scene flying from Lake Monoun to Lake Nyos. The data in this scene is 15 meter Landsat-7 data (bands 3, 2, 1) draped over a 1 kilometer GTOPO30 digital elevation map (DEM).

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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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
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