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Lava from the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Image captured on 10 June 2018, by the VIIRS instrument, aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

Lava from the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii on 10 June 2018 (Suomi-NPP/VIIRS)

Image of the Big island of Hawaii and the area affected by the Kilauea volcano, visible on the eastern tip, on the 10 June 2018. This false-color corrected reflectance image was captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. The false-color image, using VIIRS bands M11-I2-I1, shows the areas burned (in red) as a result of the lava flows on the eastern tip of the island.

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