Eruption of Chikurachki Volcano, Eastern Russia

For a second day, an image of the southern Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia and the Kuril Islands to the south shows a dark gray plume of ash wafting eastward from the Chikurachki Volcano. In this image, the gray plume is tinged with white. The image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on April 22, 2003.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published April 22, 2003
Data acquired April 22 - 22, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Solid Earth > Volcanoes > Eruption Dynamics

Solid Earth > Volcanoes > Volcanic Ash/Dust

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response