volcanic plume
Eruption's rising cloud
A volcanic plume is the column of gas, ash, and rock fragments ejected into the atmosphere during an eruption.
Plumes can rise tens of kilometers high, spreading ash across vast distances and affecting air travel, climate, and air quality: The volcanic plume from the eruption was visible from space.
Scientists monitor plumes to assess eruption intensity and predict ash dispersal patterns.
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- ash cloudAirborne eruption debris
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- magmaMolten rock underground
lava · crater · sulfur · sulfur dioxide · pyroclastic · billowing · towering · mushroom · sky high · column · vent · explosion · steam · gases · debris · fallout · spew · ring of fire
- gasesgas, air, oxygen, helium, nitrogen
- volcanic activityeruption, active, lava, dormant, magma
- volcanoesMount Fuji, caldera, lava, crater, Etna
- Volcanismmagma, eruption, lava flow, magma chamber, lava dome
- eruptionsexplosion, blast, lava flow, pyroclastic flow, ash cloud
- volcano stufflava, ash, magma, pumice, pyroclastic flow