Volcano Eruptions Seen From Space

After more than 9,000 years of silence, Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile erupted on May 2, 2008 with the plume of ash and steam rose 10.7 to 16.8 kilometers (35,000 to 55,000 feet) into the atmosphere
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Ash plume arising from Mount Cleveland on May 23, 2006, as seen from the International Space Station
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International Space Station captured image of Italy's Mt. Etna volcano that shows a towering plume of volcanic ash on 22 July 2001
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The large ash plume from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano spreading out over the North Atlantic on April 17, a plume that rose 5.6 miles (9 km) into the air
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Image of Russia's Kizimen volcano shows a towering plume of volcanic ash, lava and debris flows from the summit of the 8, 15t-foot (2,485 m) mountain
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The large, black eruption plume billows from the summit of Kliuchevskoi Volcano, Russia, as ash is being deposited on the snow-covered region to the east and southeast
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Papua New Guinea’s Manam Volcano released a thin, faint plume on June 16, 2010, as clouds clustered at the volcano’s summit
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On April 29, 2013, an ash plume drifts from Paluweh volcano in Indonesia
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The Pavlof Volcano in Alaska sends a plume of cinders 5 miles into the sky on May 18, 2013
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Sarychev volcano, located in Russia’s Kuril Islands, throws large amount of ash into the sky during early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009
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