A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station in 2009 offered the astronauts a striking view of the volcano in an early stage of eruption.
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This astronaut photograph shows the southern end of Paramushir Island after a snowfall. Four volcanic centers are brightly lit on their western slopes and deeply shadowed to the east.
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The clouds that frequently produce severe weather—cumulonimbus—are seen building up during the afternoon over the South China Sea.
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Gas hydrates? Nuclear tests? No. Just unusual, but natural clouds.
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A massive cloud rises above Andros Island in the Bahamas.
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Cold and dry air from Siberia typically produce this cloud formation over the sea from November through January.
Acquired April 29, 2011, this natural-color image shows wakes created by the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile.
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Chevron-shaped clouds form downwind of the isolated volcanic island.
Snow cover highlights the calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of Onekotan Island, part of the Kuril Island arc.
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An uncommon display of cloud streets formed off of the northern coast of Australia.
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Krenitzyn Peak rises from lake-filled Tao-Rusyr Caldera on southern Onekotan Island in this natural-color image from June 10, 2009.
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Four volcanoes double as islands in Alaska’s Aleutian chain.
Cloud streets form thousands of feet above the Earth’s surface.
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Landsat caught a rare glimpse of the third-largest Aleutian Island.
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Parallel rows of clouds can stretch for hundreds of kilometers over the open ocean.
An open-celled cloud over the Pacific Ocean had a shape reminiscent of a certain circular letter of the alphabet.
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Cold winds blowing over the sea helped form rows of cumulus clouds.
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The highest volcano in the chain has a nearly perfect cone shape.