The European Sentinel-2 Earth-observing satellite imaged the eruption as it flew over the volcano on Monday (Sept. 20) and captured the plumes of smoke and streams of lava spilling from the volcano towards the western flank of the island, which is part of the Canary Island island chain located off the coast of Morocco.Sentinel 2 is part of the European Unions Earth observation program Copernicus. Scientists working with data from the program as part of the E.U. Copernicus Emergency Management Service exposed on Wednesday (Sept. 22) that lava from the eruption had actually currently ruined 320 buildings in the Los Llanos de Aridane region in the western part of the island. According to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), the plume will spread northwards from the island in the coming days and move over Spain and France by the end of this week.Sulfur dioxide from the La Palma eruption will reach main France by the end of this week. (Image credit: Copernicus) The Cumbre Vieja volcano is likewise the topic of a controversial clinical theory that forecasts that at some point an effective eruption will break up the La Palma island, sending out a huge landslide into the ocean.
The European Sentinel-2 Earth-observing satellite imaged the eruption as it flew over the volcano on Monday (Sept. 20) and recorded the plumes of smoke and streams of lava spilling from the volcano towards the western flank of the island, which is part of the Canary Island archipelago found off the coast of Morocco.Sentinel 2 is part of the European Unions Earth observation program Copernicus. Scientists working with data from the program as part of the E.U. Copernicus Emergency Management Service exposed on Wednesday (Sept. 22) that lava from the eruption had currently ruined 320 structures in the Los Llanos de Aridane area in the western part of the island. (Image credit: Copernicus) The Cumbre Vieja volcano is likewise the topic of a controversial clinical theory that anticipates that at some point an effective eruption will break up the La Palma island, sending out a huge landslide into the ocean.