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Mt. Pinatubo 10th Anniversary Perspective (Stills)
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.

A side-by-side comparison of two images of Mt. Pinatubo taken ten years apart    A side-by-side comparison of two images of Mt. Pinatubo taken ten years apart
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Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS003    Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS003

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Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide image from Shuttle Mission STS041    Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide image from Shuttle Mission STS041

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Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide image from Shuttle Mission STS043    Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide image from Shuttle Mission STS043

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Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide image from Shuttle Mission STS    Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide image from Shuttle Mission STS

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Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS046    Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS046

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Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS050    Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS050

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Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS059    Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS059

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Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS080    Image of Mount Pinatubo from Shuttle Mission STS080

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False color Landsat (542) image of Mount Pinatubo taken January 2001    False color Landsat (542) image of Mount Pinatubo taken January 2001

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False color SIR-C image of Mount Pinatubo after eruption.    False color SIR-C image of Mount Pinatubo after eruption.

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False color SIR-C image of Mount Pinatubo after eruption with a major lahar highlighted.    False color SIR-C image of Mount Pinatubo after eruption with a major lahar highlighted.

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False color SIR-C image of Mout Pinatubo before eruption.    False color SIR-C image of Mout Pinatubo before eruption.

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False color SIR-C image of Mout Pinatubo before eruption with a major lahar highlighted.    False color SIR-C image of Mout Pinatubo before eruption with a major lahar highlighted.

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The tons of ash, seen here in great quantity on the western slope, mixed with heavy rainfall to create destructive streams of mud, capable of moving at speeds up to 20 miles per hour. This false color image was taken from the Spacebourne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) instrument onboard the Space Shuttle in April of 1994 and highlights the ash in purple.    The tons of ash, seen here in great quantity on the western slope, mixed with heavy rainfall to create destructive streams of mud, capable of moving at speeds up to 20 miles per hour. This false color image was taken from the Spacebourne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) instrument onboard the Space Shuttle in April of 1994 and highlights the ash in purple.

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Animation Number:2194
Completed:2001-06-12
Animator:Michael Mangos (GST) (Lead)
Scientists:Richard McPeters (NASA/GSFC)
 Jay Herman (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:SAR
 SRTM/SIR-C (1994/04)
 Landsat-7/ETM+/Band Combination 5, 4, 2 (2001/01)
Series:Mt. Pinatubo
Keywords:
SVS >> Eruption
SVS >> Lahars
SVS >> Mt. Pinatubo
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Volcano
GCMD >> Location >> Philippines
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Scientific Visualization Studio


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