Activity at Shiveluch Volcano as Seen from Space

A white plume rose from Shiveluch Volcano on Russia?s Kamchatka Peninsula on December 18, 2009. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA?s Earth Observing-1 satellite captured this true-color image the same day.
Low-angled sunlight illuminates the plume?s southern side, and shows ash stains on the volcano?s snowy surface. The plume?s light color suggests that it contains [...]

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