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Helio C. Vital
Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
02/05/2022
06:46 pm

Equipment Details:

Nikon CoolPix P900 camera

Post-processing Details:

None

Image Details:

Above the lower conventional clouds, no longer illuminated by the setting sun, the photo shows a plume of volcanic sulfate aerosols from the stratospheric Tonga eruptions. Note its brilliant striated structure, that would 20 minutes later become a bright yellow twilight arch.