The Karymsky Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia released another plume on December 17, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying onboard NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite took this picture as the plume blew toward the east. In this image, the gray-brown plume looks like a smudge on the snow. Over the ocean, it looks remotely like a dingy cloud. East of the plume, true clouds appear as clusters of opaque white dots.
www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1000-13= Karymsky is the most active volcano in the eastern volcanic zone of Kamchatka. It is a composed of alternating layers of hardened ash, lava, and rock. In historical times, its eruptions have largely consisted of explosive ejections of burning fragments and/or sticky lava.
NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The Rapid Response Team provides rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Kliuchevskoi daily images of this region.
| Date Taken: | 07.31.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.08.2013 18:00 |
| Photo ID: | 855155 |
| Resolution: | 1600x2100 |
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