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Volcano erupting and a cloudy sky.

QUESTION: The 1991 eruption of what volcano in the Philippines was detected from space?

Hints Fill in the answers, then unscramble the shaded, underlined letters to get the final answer to the question.
1. Earth Science Enterprise (former acronym)
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2. SAGE I, SAGE II, and SAGE III are all efforts by NASA to study stratospheric aerosols.
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3. When these erupt, large amounts of aerosols in the form of SO2 can be released.
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4. Tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere.
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5. Second major source of atmospheric aerosols.
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6. The 1813 eruption of this Indonesian volcano is thought to have caused the "Year without a Summer."
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7. The "S" in SAGE.
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QUESTION: The 1991 eruption of what volcano in the Philippines was detected from space?

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Answer to the Quiz

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