Friday, August 28, 2009

An image of Earth...

from space showing Koryaksky Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula (click to enlarge.) This is a true-color image showing an ash and steam plume being blown to the northeast towards the Bering Sea.

Personal note: I will be visiting the port of Petropovlovsk next summer as a lecturer/guide on a Zegrahm expedition and hope to witness/photograph several gurgling volcanoes during the five week voyage.

Image credit: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite, taken 27 August 2009, Goddard Space Flight Center.

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