Ash and Steam Plume, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat - related image preview

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Ash and Steam Plume, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

An oblique photo of Montserrat Island taken by astronauts captures an eruption from the island’s Soufrière Hills Volcano on October 11, 2009.


Astronaut photograph ISS021-E-5555 was acquired on October 11, 2009, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera fitted with a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 21 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. Lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC.

Published October 19, 2009
Data acquired October 11, 2009

Source:
ISS > Digital Camera
Topics:
Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash
Land Surface > Geomorphology > Tectonic Landforms/Processes
Collection:
Astronaut Photography