GOES-11 Image of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Eruption (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

GOES-11 Image of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Eruption

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GOES-11 satellite image, taken on June 6 at 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT) from the farthest vantage point of any of the satellites, still showed the triangular-shaped plume, even from its position over the western US, despite the large distance.

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NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters

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