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The following categories of significant events were searched for in imagery available in the Satellite Services Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

1. Fires - no imagery posted
2. Floods - no imagery posted
3. Tropical Systems- no imagery posted
4. Volcanoes - GOES-10
5. Ocean - no imagery posted
6. Ice - no imagery posted
7. Dust Storms - no imagery posted
8. Storms - no imagery posted
9. Severe - no imagery posted
10. Snow Cover - no imagery posted
11. Unique - no imagery posted

Significant events identified by Satellite Analysis Branch meteorologists and reviewed by the Operational Significant Event Imagery support team Friday May 09, 2008 are as follows:

Volcano in South America

IMAGE D6140: GOES-10 <> Image Type=combine <> 05/09/2008 13:58 UTC.
The Chaiten volcano located at 42.8S 72.6W in southern Chile has continued to actively put out large amounts of ash which has spread across Argentina and extends into Atlantic Ocean as seen in this GOES image from 1358 UTC on May 9.

Image provided in preview (~62K) and standard (293K) formats.

Preview (500X472):

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/VSHchaiten130_G10L.jpg

Standard (800x550)

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/VSHchaiten130_G10.jpg




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Curtis Holland OSEI Team Leader

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