Today, 15 June 2017, is the twenty-sixth anniversary of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Considered the second largest eruption of the 20th century and the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area¹, the effects of the cataclysmic event are still visible today.

To commemorate this historic natural event, the PHL-Microsat Program presents this near-infrared image of Mount Pinatubo as taken by Diwata-1’s spaceborne multispectral imager (SMI) sensor. This image was taken last 19 April 2017 at around 8:30 A.M. Philippine Standard Time.