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Weather satellite captures cool shots of volcanic plume blasting through clouds

Check out the the Icelandic volcano Grimsvötn as viewed by the Meteosat-9, a European satellite in geostationary orbit:

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And this similar image from the US GOES 13 satellite showing 3.5 hours of the eruption:

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Image: EUMETSAT; NOAA

via Discover Magazine

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