Acquired January 6, 2010, this natural-color image shows a plume blowing away from the summit of Kizimen Volcano toward the west-southwest.
Land Volcanoes
Kamchatka’s Kizimen Volcano was emitting gas and steam from its summit in the afternoon of April 16, 2011. When the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image, a plume was blowing to the northwest from the summit.
Volcanic debris covers the slopes of Kizimen, a growing stratovolcano.
Acquired December 30, 2010, this natural-color image shows a volcanic plume from Kizimen crossing the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Kizimen Volcano, which erupted for the first time in 81 years in December 2010, continues to emit a steady stream of gas and ash.
A prominent lava flow descends the eastern flank of Kizimen Volcano on September 5, 2011.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
Acquired March 6, 2013, this image shows a fresh lava flow on the surface of Tolbachik Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Fresh volcanic ash and debris indicate the vigorous activity of Russia’s Kizimen Volcano.
Kizimen volcano showed new signs of life in its ongoing eruption since 2009.
Tolbachik Volcano is not a single peak, but a complex of volcanic features superimposed on one another.