Wednesday, June 24, 2009

View of Volcano From Space

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have taken photos from 220 miles up of a 5-mile high volcanic eruption at Sarychev Peak on Matua (Matsuwa) Island in the Kuril Island archipelago near Japan.

Here's a snapshot of the eruption.

Additional photos of the event are here.

2 comments:

Kindred Spirit said...

What an amazing picture, Sean! The power of God...

Patti Petersen said...

That is beyond cool, Sean! Made my head spin just "looking down" like that.