Satellites usually capture images of volcanic ash plumes as they are blowing away. This image is different.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
A fresh plume drifted over the Kamchatka Peninsula after bursting from the volcano.
Land Volcanoes
In November 2014, Alaska’s most active volcano rumbled back to life.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Volcanoes
The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s EO-1 satellite acquired this image of Shiveluch Volcano venting gas and ash on September 7, 2010.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
A dense plume of ash and steam rises from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in this photo-like image from May 10, 2010.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Acquired July 3, 2011, this natural-color image shows a plume from Soputan Volcano on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
A pyrocumulus cloud rises through the ash above the summit of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano on April 24, 2010.