Deadly eruption of volcano Fuego, Guatemala

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 March 2018 at 16:20:41 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 25 May 2018 at 11:53:32 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 04 June 2018 at 16:18:59 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 06 June 2018 at 11:53:33 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Geohazard, natural disaster, emergency, volcano eruption, lahar, lava flow, Guatemala, Pacific Ring of Fire
Fig. 1 - S1 (2018.05.25) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Fuego and neighbouring volcanoes days before the eruption.
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Fuego is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, this eruption possibly killed hundreds before evacuations orders were even issued.
Fig. 2 - 2018.06.06 - The caldera has enlarged. Increased vv backscattering shows W & SE oriented pyroclastic flows & lahars.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (2018.03.11) - 12,11,2 colour composite - Months before, intense heat was already visible.
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Fig. 4 - 04.06.2018 - Short lava flows (red) & longer lahars / pyroclastic flows (grey) are visible despite the heavy cloud cover.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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