Mount Tavurvur/Rabaul Volcano - MODIS data 23:50 UTC, August 28 2014

 

Mount Tavurvur/Rabaul Volcano as seen from NASA MODIS data at 23:50 UTC on August 28 2014. Data shown from Band 22 Thermal infrared and RGB of the visible data. Band 20 in Thermal infrared shows saturation pixels, Temperature in Band 22 shows > 100 C for 1.1 km² pixels.

Google Earth view of the same imagery, NASA MODIS data at 23:50 UTC

Thanks to NASA Rapid Response for access to this data http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/realtime.cgi