This true-color image shows an almost perfectly circular plume from Shiveluch Volcano poking above a cloudbank on June 29, 2009.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
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An ash plume from Shiveluch Volcano cast a dark shadow on the snow-covered Kamchatka Peninsula.
This true-color image from July 27, 2009, shows a plume blowing toward the northwest from Batu Tara. The distinct segments of the plume suggest that it was released in pulses of volcanic activity.
This true-color image shows a faint plume blowing almost straight north from the summit of Indonesia’s Dukono Volcano on August 4, 2009.
North Pagan Volcano released a volcanic plume, likely rich in sulfur dioxide, into the atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean.