Stunning photo of 2,300-foot volcano erupting captured from space by Nasa astronaut on ISS
A STUNNING image of a volcanic eruption has been captured from space.
Nasa has released an astronaut's view of the Raikoke volcano erupting earlier this year, as seen from the International Space Station.
The active volcano sits on one of the Kuril Islands, part of an eastern Russian archipelago that extends as far south as Japan.
Around 100 volcanoes are scattered across the area, and around half are active.
One of them is called Raikoke, which erupted several times in the 18th century, and once again in 1924.
But on June 22, 2019, it finally erupted after around a century of silence – and was snapped from space.
"The ring of white puffy clouds at the base of the column might be a sign of ambient air being drawn into the column and the condensation of water vapor.
"Or it could be a rising plume from interaction between magma and seawater because Raikoke is a small island and flows likely entered the water."
In other news, a dormant Russian volcano may be waking up and could spark a devastating eruption ";at any moment".
The world's biggest pumice raft bigger than Paris looks was created after a deep-sea volcanic eruption.
And seaside towns have been ‘urged to move inland’ as climate chaos now means ‘retreat’ is needed, top scientists warn.
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