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 continues to erupt, spreading ash 110 kilometers to the east.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
An ash and steam plume from Kizimen Volcano streams over the icy waters of Kamchatskiy Zaliv.
Volcanic debris covers the slopes of Kizimen, a growing stratovolcano.
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.
Kizimen volcano showed new signs of life in its ongoing eruption since 2009.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
Kizimen Volcano remained restless in March 2013, producing incandescent lava and gas and steam emissions.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Acquired December 30, 2010, this natural-color image shows a volcanic plume from Kizimen crossing the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Volcanoes
Acquired November 26 and 29, 2012, these images compare conditions on Tolbachik Volcano, which rumbled to life in late November 2012.
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