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Mount Shishaldin is an active symmetrical volcano located on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Island chain of Alaska.
Shishaldin erupted several times through the second half of 2023, entering a period of low-level activity at the end of the year.
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Description:
Sulfur dioxide is released from Mount Shishaldin in the early morning hours following an increase in activity.
Satellite: GOES-18
Product: GeoColor Sulfur Dioxide (JMA)
Eruptive activity on the volcano occurs right before an ash cloud blasts out of the top and into the sky.
Satellite: NOAA-20 NOAA-21 S-NPP
Product: Ash (EUMETSAT) Day/Night Band Fire Temperature
Instrument: VIIRS
Another eruption was detected bursting out of the top of Mount Shishaldin, expelling ash, dust, and sulfur dioxide high into the atmosphere.
Product: Ash (EUMETSAT) DEBRA (Dust) GLM Group Energy Density Sulfur Dioxide (JMA)
Mount Shishaldin in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska erupts again.
Although the area was covered with clouds, the force from the eruption sent ash and gases high into the air. There was even some lightning with the plume.
Product: GLM Group Energy Density ProxyVis Sulfur Dioxide (JMA)
Ash (highlighted in pink) that spewed from the volcanic eruption could be seen drifting over the Pacific Ocean south of Alaska.
Product: Ash (EUMETSAT)
With Fire Temperature product
Product: Fire Temperature GLM Group Energy Density Visible (band 2)
Without Fire Temperature product
Product: GLM Group Energy Density Visible (band 2)
A seismic tremor caused Mount Shishaldin to send an ash cloud tens of thousands of feet into the sky.
Satellite: NOAA-20 S-NPP
Product: Ash (EUMETSAT) Day Fire
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