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View from space: An outburst from Popocatépetl – EarthSky

Popocatépetl volcano near Mexico City has been erupting since January 2005. On January 6, Mexico’s National Center for Prevention of Disasters, which continuously…

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View larger. | Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico on January 2, 2021. NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
NASA Earth Observatory just published this image, acquired via Landsat 8 on January 2, 2021. It’s a plume rising from Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico, whose nickname is El Popo. This volcano is located in central Mexico, just 43 miles (70 km) from Mexico City. Residents of Mexico City can see it on clear days. Kasha Patel of NASA wrote:…

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