NASA: Russia - Kamchatka - Volcanic Quartet - Smoldering Shiveluch - 13.04.13

Volcanic Quartet

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Four of the volcanoes erupting on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula are visible in this NASA satellite image. From north to south: Shiveluch, Bezymianny, Tolbachik, and Kizimen. The natural-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on April 10, 2013.

• Related Reading

• Kamchatka and the Northern Kuriles volcanoes: Erupting or Restless Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team.
• Kamchatka. Eruptions Blog.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC.

Instrument: 

Terra - MODIS

Smoldering Shiveluch

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A break in the clouds revealed Shiveluch Volcano’s smoldering lava dome on April 9, 2013. This natural-color image was collected by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite.

• Related Reading

• Kamchatka and the Northern Kuriles volcanoes: Erupting or Restless Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team.
• Shiveluch. Eruptions Blog.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data from the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Robert Simmon.

Instrument: 

EO-1 - ALI

NASA: Russia - Kamchatka - Volcanic Quartet - Smoldering Shiveluch - 13.04.13