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File:Karthala MODIS 20051125.jpg

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Description Satellite image of volcanic ash drifting from w:Mount Karthala. Mt. Karthala is in the upper left and the island is completely obscured by ash, which drifts from there in an easterly direction.
Date 25 November 2005
Source http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17110
Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Centre
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