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Eruption of a volcano, as seen from space [Amazing Photo of the Day]

February 22, 2013 6 Email article | Print article

Volcano eruptions are not very fun for the people who live nearby — having to evacuate, property damage (destruction), death in some cases, etc. However, volcano eruptions from space look, to put it simply, awesome.

The following image and short video are of the eruption of Sarychev volcano on the Kuril Islands, Russia, as caught by the astronauts on the International Space Station as it flew overhead. Check it out:

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Wow!

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  1. AFPhy6 February 22, 2013 at 4:47 AM (comment permalink) -

    Very cool. I love the way that the “cloud” that forms at the top of the plume as the hot gasses cool and the water begins to condense.

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  2. Dru February 22, 2013 at 10:47 AM (comment permalink) -

    Yes, very cool, indeed. Thx for posting!

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  3. Prema February 22, 2013 at 9:30 PM (comment permalink) -

    http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html
    Just came across this. It’s a 320-gigapixel image of London

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  4. AFPhy6 February 23, 2013 at 4:31 AM (comment permalink) -

    [@Prema]
    Thats a lotta pixels!

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  5. kevbo February 23, 2013 at 6:22 AM (comment permalink) -

    [@Prema] Wow, that is one cool site!! Thanks.

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  6. Prema February 23, 2013 at 7:28 AM (comment permalink) -

    the site where it’s found on:
    http://www.360cities.net/
    is also another fantastic site worth checking out. it has panoramas of different places around the world + underwater panoramas + more gigapixel panoramas

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