
Image credit: Jeff Schmaltz MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Uploader comment: Mexico’s Popocatépetl Volcano released a plume in early March 2013. On March 8, Volcano Discovery reported an ash plume reaching roughly 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) above the volcano crater, or about 7 kilometers (4 miles) above sea level.
March 15, 2013, 3:15 pm