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Kliuchevskoi volcano eruption 09/1994

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-asrus-00006

Date

2006-09-21

One of the first photos taken by the crew members on launch day of the Space Shuttle Endeavour was this 70mm frame of the Kliuchevskoi volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. The eruption was near its peak at this time. The large, black eruption plume billows from the summit, as ash is being deposited on the snow-covered region to the east and southeast (north is to upper left). A small steam plume rises from the peak of Bezymianny just south of Kliuchevskoi (or just right of center).