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Original - Space radar image of Sakurajima stratovolcano, located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Among the most active volcanoes in the world, Sakurajima last erupted in March 2009. Formerly an island, an eruption connected the mass to the Japanese mainland. It is a Decade Volcano. The colors of the image can be attributed to different frequencies and polarizations of the radar as follows: "red is L-band vertically transmitted, vertically received; green is the average of L-band vertically transmitted, vertically received and C-band vertically transmitted, vertically received; blue is C-band vertically transmitted, vertically received."
Reason
Striking, high resolution picture, also very encyclopedic subject.
Articles this image appears in
Sakurajima, Aira Caldera
Creator
Space Shuttle Endeavour's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)


Not promoted MER-C 11:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]