High resolution (250m per pixel) imagery from NASA’s MODIS satellite.
The ash plume is even more visible in the false-colour image:
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Dirty Lightning
Update: More pictures of dirty lightning, from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland.
Update: Mount Redoubt erupted recently, causing dirty lightning.
One of the recent eruptions of the Chaitén volcano caused a phenomenon called dirty lightning.
The enormous release of smoke caused a change in the atmosphere and triggered hundreds of lightning strikes.
Eyjafjallajökull erupting
In this imagery from NASA’s MODIS satellite [previously] you can clearly see the start of the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano towards the bottom of the image.
