Sulphur dioxide cloud from the Bardarbunga volcano
Sulphur dioxide cloud from the Bardarbunga volcano
The image shows the distribution of the sulphur dioxide cloud from the Bardarbunga volcano. The volume of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere is colour-coded; the highest concentration (dark red) is shown over Iceland and the North Atlantic, off the coast of Norway. The image data was acquired on 9 September 2014 by the GOME-2 ultraviolet spectrometers on board the Earth observation satellites MetOp-A and MetOp-B.
