Images of Cumbre Vieja Volcano taken with DRAGO

Drago camera takes pictures of Cumbre Vieja volcano
The DRAGO camera takes images of the Cumbre Vieja volcano from La Palma. Credit: IACTEC-Espacio.
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Part of the IACTEC-Space team has travelled to La Palma to take some images of the Cumbre Vieja volcano using the technology of the DRAGO instrument, which from space is also sending back images of the eruption that has been keeping La Palma on alert since Sunday 19 September. 

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  • Carlos Colodro (IACTEC), taking images of the Cumbre Vieja volcano with the DRAGO camera.
    Carlos noche
  • Drago camera takes pictures of Cumbre Vieja volcano
    Drago La Palma
  • La Palma from Space with the DRAGO camera
    Drago space
  • Ignacio Sidrach and Carlos Colodro taking images of the Cumbre Vieja volcano with the DRAGO camera.
    Ignacio Sidrach and Carlos Colodro taking images of the Cumbre Vieja volcano with the DRAGO camera
  • Image of Cumbre Vieja volcano (La Palma) from the DRAGO space camera
    Image of Cumbre Vieja volcano (La Palma) from the DRAGO space camera
  • Ignacio Sidrach and Carlos Colodro taking images of the Cumbre Vieja volcano with the DRAGO camera.
    Nacho y Carlos
  • The Cumbre Vieja volcano through the cloud of smoke and ash. Image taken with the SWIR range of the DRAGO camera.
    Nube SWIR
  • The Cumbre Vieja volcano covered by the cloud of smoke and ash. Image taken in the visible range with a Nikon camera.
    Nube vis Nikon
  • Result of the field test made with the copy of DRAGO on September 22nd 2021 at 08.00 local time.
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  • Image taken from La Palma, with the DRAGO instrument, using the observation bands known as shortwave infrared or SWIR
    Volcan swir drago
  • The Cumbre Vieja volcano at sunrise with a Nikon camera.
    Volcan vis Nikon

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