[:ja]NASAの地球観測衛星Aquaが9月29日に捉えた、大西洋南方のサウスサンドウィッチ諸島の火山活動で、3つの噴煙が見えます。この画像はフォールスカラー（特定の目標物の動きを細かく把握するために、波長域に実際とは異なる色を割り当てた色合い）で、実際には緑色ではありません。
今年の5月に、同諸島ブリストル島の火山で噴煙が確認されましたが、最後の噴火が1956年でしたので、60年ぶりの噴火ということになります。その後も火山活動が続いています。
サウスジョージア・サウスサンドウィッチ諸島は、南大西洋にあるイギリス領の諸島で、アルゼンチン沖のフォークランド諸島（マルビナス諸島）の約1,000km東にあります。19-20世紀前半、鯨油採取の基地でした。
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[Earthview Wonders] No.98: Volcanoes of the South Sandwich Islands
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured on Sept. 29 a trio of plumes shows volcanic activity in the South Sandwich Islands located in the South Atlantic Ocean. This image is of false color (color allocations different from the real pattern in order to make the movement of specific targets comprehensible) and actual landscape is not so light greenish.
Gas plume was observed from the volcano of nearby Bristol Island in May 2016, and the last activity was recorded in 1956, 60 years ago. The volcanic activities have been continuing.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1,000km east of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) offshore of Argentina. It used to be the extraction base for blubber oil or whale oil.
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.98: Volcanoes of the South Sandwich Islands
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured on Sept. 29 a trio of plumes shows volcanic activity in the South Sandwich Islands located in the South Atlantic Ocean. This image is of false color (color allocations different from the real pattern in order to make the movement of specific targets comprehensible) and actual landscape is not so light greenish.
Gas plume was observed from the volcano of nearby Bristol Island in May 2016, and the last activity was recorded in 1956, 60 years ago. The volcanic activities have been continuing.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1,000km east of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) offshore of Argentina. It used to be the extraction base for blubber oil or whale oil.
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]