Ecuador volcano eruption caught by DMC satellite NigeriaSat-1

Remote sensing

DMC International Imaging was on regular 24/7 duty as the Emergency On-Call Officer (ECO) for the International Charter; Space & Major Disasters from 21st to 28th January 2008. Gary Crowley, DMCii Operations Manager, coordinated the scheduling of images from DMC satellites as well as Envisat, Radarsat, ALOS, SPOT-5, IRS (Pan & LISS-3), Ikonos and QuickBird, for the Charter response to two disaster activation calls.

DMC image of the erupting Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador, showing the long plume of ash blackening the area (vegetation is false red) Image; NigeriaSat-1 25th Jan 2008 © NASRDA


Last Tuesday (22nd January) DMCii monitored a volcanic eruption in Ecuador. The images below are by kind permission of NASRDA.

Zoom of the volcano crater belching ash. Image; Nigeriasat-1 © NASRDA 2008


Just last Friday (25th January) the International Charter was activated to image flooding in Bolivia.

This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Thursday, January 31. 2008 at 12:31. and is filed under Remote sensing. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.
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