Monitoring volcanic eruption from Space：Mt.Unzen

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Outline:
After almost 200 years interval, Mt. Unzen located in Nagasaki Prefecture,Japan, erupted on Nov. 11, 1990. In June 1991, a big pyroclastic flow took place and 43 people were killed by the flow.
The Volcano was active until 1994 and over 800 houses were damaged by the serious pyroclastic flows.

Smoking Mt.Unzen(MOS-1 MESSR Sep. 8, 1991)

Damaged houses

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