Cookin' With Lava
The Virunga Volcanic Chain in Zaire and Rwanda, Africa, as seen through a
novel radar imager aboard the space shuttle. Included in this image, taken
in Oct., 1994, are the volcanoes Nyiragongo (bottom, just right of center)
and Nyamuragira (just left of center) with numerous lava flows extending to
the north (top of the image). The study of volcanoes and other features of
the Earth through remote sensing technology will increase dramatically with
the deployment of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) beginning in 1998.
EOS will consist of a constellation of Earth-viewing satellites designed to
monitor and measure many of the physical and biological phenomena of our
planet. If you'd like to learn more about EOS and other remote sensing
science, click here.
The Virunga Volcanic Chain in Zaire and Rwanda, Africa, as seen through a
novel radar imager aboard the space shuttle. Included in this image, taken
in Oct., 1994, are the volcanoes Nyiragongo (bottom, just right of center)
and Nyamuragira (just left of center) with numerous lava flows extending to
the north (top of the image). The study of volcanoes and other features of
the Earth through remote sensing technology will increase dramatically with
the deployment of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) beginning in 1998.
EOS will consist of a constellation of Earth-viewing satellites designed to
monitor and measure many of the physical and biological phenomena of our
planet. If you'd like to learn more about EOS and other remote sensing
science, click here.