On June 4, a fissure opened in Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Volcanic Complex sending ash 14,000 meters into the air. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image shortly after the eruption began. The brown ash plume reaches high above the clouds and casts a shadow toward the southeast. Along the leading edge of the plume it appears that heavier material is falling out of the ash cloud, while finer particles remain suspended in the atmosphere.
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