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| Keywords: Volcanic Activity on Merapi, Image of the Day DVIDS751598.jpg en After weeks of activity Merapi had appeared to be calming down when a new eruption forced fresh evacuations of nearby villages according to news reports On June 14 2006 the volcano spewed a cloud of volcanic ash covering a village several kilometers away On June 16 news reports announced two casualties from Mount Merapi Two men who had been assisting in the evacuation of a nearby village sought refuge in one of the emergency bunkers on the volcano's slopes The bunkers were designed to provide temporary shelter from clouds of hot volcanic gas but were not designed to withstand the heat produced by the June 14 eruption The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis gsfc nasa gov/ MODIS flying onboard NASA's terra nasa gov/ Terra satellite captured this image of Merapi on June 15 2006 In this image a thick cloud of volcanic ash blows westward away from the volcano At the volcano's summit is aoutlined in red This hotspot shows where the satellite sensor detected an area much hotter than its surroundings NASA Identifier merapi_tmo_2006166 2011-07-06 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/751598 751598 2012-10-19 15 35 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Mount Merapi Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
