Eruption of Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Brown ash darkens the snow to the southeast of the Shiveluch Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula following another of the volcano’s frequent eruptions. According to the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruptions Response Team, the volcano began an explosive eruption at 13:00 UTC on May 9, 2004, sending a plume of ash up 8,000 meters (26,400 feet) into the atmosphere. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed over nearly 12 hours later, early on May 10, the volcano was still emitting a tan plume of ash, visible over the Pacific Ocean southeast of the volcano.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2004-05-10