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   October 17, 2022 - Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska   
      
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      On October 13, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      autumn in the northern Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Specific landmarks   
      easily identified from space include sediment-filled Bristol Bay in the   
      southwest, the North Pacific Ocean in the east, and multi-colored   
      Naknek Lake, with the eastern section (called Iliuk Arm) tinted   
      turquoise thanks to glacial flour. Southeast of Naknek Lake, a blue   
      circle stands out in the snow-covered mountains. This is Crater Lake,   
      which sits at the peak of Mount Katmai.   
      
      Most of the land seen in this image belongs to Katmai National Park and   
      Preserve, an expanse of about 6,395 square miles of rugged,   
      spectacular, and remote terrain that is filled with volcanoes, fossils,   
      glaciers, lakes, and rivers. The pristine ecosystem provides homes for   
      a variety of wildlife, including brown bears, salmon, caribou, moose,   
      lynx, and snowshoe hare. About 700 species of plants are found within   
      the park and preserve. People also use the area for hunting, fishing,   
      recreation, and tourism. In fact, the park permits subsistence   
      activities on the park land for native and rural peoples found in and   
      adjacent to the park.   
      
      While the land of Katmai National Park and Preserve continues to be   
      remote and sparsely populated today, very few people outside of local   
      residents even knew it existed a century ago. However, in June of 1912   
      a massive volcanic eruption—said to be the century’s largest volcanic   
      eruption in North America—suddenly brought the region to the attention   
      of the world. At first, the exact location of the eruption could not be   
      pinpointed, but scientists soon determined that magma had flowed   
      beneath the tall Mount Katmai to explode through the nearby Novarupta   
      volcano. Erupting at a rate of 520 million tons per hour, the material   
      ejected from this Alaskan volcano was 30 times that spewed in the 1980   
      eruption of Mount St. Helens. Katmai National Monument was established   
      by the U.S. government in 1918 to protect this extreme volcanic   
      landscape. Since then, the protected area has expanded both in acreage   
      and purpose to embrace and preserve natural and sensitive ecosystems   
      found around Mount Katmai.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 10/13/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (121 KB),  500m (337.6 KB),  250m (944.3 KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-10-17   
       
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