Karmsky, a volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula, regularly emits plumes of ash and volcanic gases.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes Snow and Ice
A decade-long eruption continues on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Varying styles of activity at neighboring Kamchatkan volcanoes.
Land Volcanoes Snow and Ice
This astronaut photograph shows ash streaming from Karymsky Volcano, and nearby Karymsky Lake—the water-filled remnant of an ancient eruption.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
One of the Kamchatka Peninsula’s most active volcanoes continues to erupt.
Karymsky Volcano’s ash covered slopes are evidence of its frequent eruptions.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
A small explosive eruption of ash and steam at Karymsky Volcano.
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Plume of gas and ash from Karymsky Volcano.
A plume rises above Karymsky Volcano’s ash-covered summit in this image from January 28, 2010.
By early March 2009, Karymsky Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula had stained the snowy white landscape charcoal-brown all the way to the coast.