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Related: About this forumVast lava rivers from La Palma volcano eruption show no signs of stopping in new satellite photos
By Tereza Pultarova 1 day ago
A lava 'tsunami' from the volcano was spotted by ground observers on Friday, Oct. 15
New high-resolution satellite images of Spain's La Palma island reveal lava rivers spilling from the island's Cumbre Vieja volcano as its devastating eruption shows no signs of stopping nearly a month after it began.
The images, captured by a satellite of the U.S. Earth observation company Maxar Technologies on Thursday (Oct. 14), show the thick plume of smoke rising from Cumbre Vieja volcano crater, forming a dark heavy cloud above the island. Glowing streams of lava flow down the flank of the mountain range towards the coast, bulldozing everything in their path.
New photos of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island taken on Oct. 14, 2021 show bright lava rivers from the continuing eruption. (Image credit: Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies)
"The lava is forming a huge delta on the La Palma coast and has claimed around 98 acres (40 hectares) of new land from the Atlantic Ocean," Maxar representatives wrote in a Twitter image description.
The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute (Involcan) shared terrifying footage from the ground on Friday (Oct. 15), capturing a fast moving stream of scorching lava running past abandoned buildings.
More:
https://www.space.com/la-palma-volcano-lava-rivers-close-satellite-photos
Judi Lynn
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