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Compare this photograph to an earlier Space Shuttle photograph taken in November 1985.
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| Sangeang Api, Indonesia: In 1985, the small Indonesian island
of Sangeang Api (for scale, the island is 13 km wide) off the
northeast coast of Sumbawa began to erupt. Within a month, the 1250
inhabitants had evacuated to Sumbawa. The eruption lasted until 1988.
The lava and pyroclastic flows—the wide channel running west from the
summit—are still easily traced on this image taken last week by Space
Shuttle astronauts (STS-112) . Today, the island's summit crater
(1949 m) produces intermittent steam clouds. Compare this photograph to an earlier Space Shuttle photograph taken in November 1985. |
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