Pictures of Mountains | Universe Today

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Here are some pictures of mountains… from space!

This is a picture of Mayon volcano in the Philippines. Many people live in the danger zone of this active volcano, and were recently forced to evacuate after a series of eruptions and earthquakes shook the mountain.

This is a picture of Sarychev Volcano, which is located on an island off the coast of Russia, north of Japan. This photo was captured by astronauts on board the International Space Station during a lucky pass overhead.

This is an image of Mount Usu on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. This image was taken by NASA's Terra satellite. It was the 7th major eruption from Mount Usu in the past 300 years. During this eruption in 2000, people were evacuated from the region, but there was no explosive eruption.

This is a picture of the Colima Volcano in Mexico. The volcano erupted in 2002, spewing lava and hot rocks into the air.

This is a picture of the eruption of Chikurachki Volcano, in the Kuril Islands. This image was taken in May, 2003 during one of the volcano's eruptions.

We've written many articles about mountains for Universe Today. Here's an article about different types of mountains, and here's an article about volcanic mountains.

If you'd like more information on mountains, here's the USGS information page on mountains, and here's an article about the Himalayas.

We've recorded an episode of Astronomy Cast all about volcanoes. Listen here, Episode 141: Volcanoes.

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