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Stunning View from Orbit: Dramatic Volcanoes at Dawn

January 7, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter A stunning view from orbit! Astronaut Chris Hadfield captured this shot of the volcanoes of Kamchatka in Russia. “Volcanoes look dramatic at dawn,” Hadfield said via Twitter. “They startled me when I spotted them through the lens.” Note the huge shadows [...]

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Are Venus’ Volcanoes Still Active?

December 3, 2012

Artist’s impression of an active volcano on Venus (ESA/AOES) Incredibly dense, visually opaque and loaded with caustic sulfuric acid, Venus’ atmosphere oppresses a scorched, rocky surface baking in planet-wide 425 ºC (800 ºF) temperatures. Although volcanoes have been mapped on our neighboring planet’s surface, some scientists believe the majority of them have remained inactive — at [...]

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Huge Volcano Plume Seen from Space

October 11, 2012

The Shiveluch volcano as seen by the Aqua satellite on October 6, 2012. Credit: NASA It’s almost like this volcano has an on/off switch. The Shiveluch Volcano in the northern Russian peninsula of Kamchatka had been quiet, and an earlier image taken by NASA’s Terra satellite (below) at about noon local time (00:00 UTC) on [...]

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As Seen From Space: Volcanic Eruption Creates New Island in the Red Sea

December 28, 2011

Looking for some new lake-front property? Here’s the newest available on the planet. Volcanic activity in the Red Sea that started in mid-December has created what looks like a new island. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured a high-resolution, natural-color image on December 23, 2011 showing an apparent island [...]

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Satellite Looks Down the Eye of Erupting Nabro Volcano

June 27, 2011

Wow! What an amazing and detailed top-down view of an active volcano! This is the Nabro Volcano, which has been erupting since June 12, 2011. It sits in an isolated region on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia and satellite remote sensing is currently the only reliable way to monitor the ongoing eruption, according to [...]

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