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Pago, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, August 2002

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Pago image

NOAA-AVHRR image, 7th August 2002. False colour image processed by the Bureau of Meteorology's Space Based Observations Section

NASA MODIS image

TERRA-MODIS 250 metre resolution visible band image, 2nd September 2002, with thin, long plume extending northwards from Pago. A 'Hot Spot' has been detected at Pago and is marked by the red rectangle. Note plume from Ulawun to the northeast. Courtesy NASA - MODIS Land Rapid Response System


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