Eruption of Chikurachki Volcano in Kuril Islands

This 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. The plume stretches all the way to the edge of the high-resolution image. The image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on April 20, 2003.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres,

MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

at NASA GSFC

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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