Mount Merapi, Indonesia
Gray World
(NASA satellite image)
A hot pyroclastic flow is visible on the side of Mount Merapi on Indonesia's Java island, captured by NASA's Terra satellite on Nov. 5, 2010. After several days of eruptive episodes, the volcano began an eruption on November 3 that was five times more intense than on October 26 and lasted more than 24 hours. It is the most violent eruption at the volcano since the 1870s, said local geologists. (Photo by NASA/AFLO) [3133]