EARTH - Big Pic: An Overactive Russian Volcano Covers Kamchatka In Ash

Klyuchevskaya NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the USGS Earth Explorer. Russia's Klyuchevskaya volcano, one of the most active in the world, has been erupting since mid-August. Last month, it became even more intense, spewing ash from its summit (16,000 feet above sea level) in a plume that reached 32,000 feet above the Earth, along with fountains of lava. NASA's Landsat 8 satellite grabbed a shot of Kl ...

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