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The volcano blasted ash up to 32,800 feet into the air.

ByAda Carr
August 23, 2017Updated: August 23, 2017, 4:42 pm EDTPublished: August 23, 2017, 4:42 pm EDT


The satellite image above shows Russia's Shiveluch volcano poking through clouds and emitting a large plume of ash on Aug. 20, 2017.

(NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team)


A satellite image captured by NASA shows one of the world’s most active volcanoes as it emitted a massive plume of smoke in Russia.

Captured Sunday, the image shows the Shiveluch volcano jutting through a solid cloud deck and emitting an ash plume, according to NASA. The peak is one of many active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

The smaller Bezymianny volcano was also captured below the Shiveluch, emitting a small plume of its own.

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In an aviation notification released Tuesday by the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), the agency said the peak continued to show moderate eruptive activity. It blasted ash up to 32,800 feet into the air. The plume traveled roughly 62 miles and the explosion lasted about 12 hours.

The image was captured by NASA’s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), one of five Earth-observing instruments launched in December 1999.

It has a broad spectral coverage and high resolution, which allows researchers to gather critical information to map surfaces and monitor dynamic conditions and temperature changes, according to NASA.

The Shiveluch volcano rises 10,768 feet into the air and has experienced an ongoing eruption since 1999, according to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Global Volcanism Program.

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