Image of the day: Volcanic uplift

This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar interferogram over the Kenyan section of the Great Rift Valley shows small surface displacements that are not visible to the naked eye of the Longonot (front right). In the background is Suswa volcano, which was not deforming at this time.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPE9PZVAG_FeatureWeek_0.html

Time: 2. Jul. 2010

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Topics: image, uplift, volcanic