Eyeing Explosive Ash Clouds from Above and Below
By Alka Tripathy-Lang
May 5, 2021
Sparkling marine waters typically mirror breathtakingly blue skies in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, islands of the Lesser Antilles arc in the Caribbean. On Friday, 9 April, azure turned gray as volcanic ash shot upward from La Soufrière, the volcano on the northern end of the main island of St. Vincent. At least a dozen explosive events have occurred since then.
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