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   xoxoxoBruce  Thursday Jun 27 01:13 AM

June 27th, 2019 : Russian Island Mooning ISS

Well, the Russian island of Raikoke was showing the ISS it’s ash.
The astronauts on the ISS took pictures to prove it... does that make them pornographers?



Raikoke Island is one of the Kuril group which stretch like stepping stones from Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula down to Japan.
The peninsula area has had three earthquakes over 3.0 in ten days including a 6.4 Tuesday night.



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The image shows the classic shape of a volcanic plume rising, and then ash spreading at the top. It’s surrounded by a ring of white clouds, likely either water vapor condensing out of the air or steam from magma entering the water, Simon Carn, a volcanologist at Michigan Tech, said in a NASA Earth Observatory post. Aircraft and satellite data show that the ash could have reached altitudes of 8 to 10 miles.

Volcanic plumes that are tall enough to reach the stratosphere are of special interest to volcanologists, since they impact climate and aviation the most, according to the NASA release.
Raikoke is an uninhabited volcanic island with a 1,808-foot peak and is part of the Kuril Islands, an archipelago that spans from Japan to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the Pacific tectonic plate meets other tectonic plates and where most of the worlds’ earthquakes and volcanic eruptions take place.
The next picture I tipped 90 degrees so it's laying on it's left side looking at it, which would be it's right side if it was sentenant I suppose.



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Raikoke previously erupted in 1924 and in 1778. The Kuril Islands have other active volcanoes, as well. In 2009, the ISS flew over the Sarychev volcano in the islands and snapped a photo. That image generated lots of scientific debate about the eruption’s specific features, according to another NASA Earth Observatory post.

The volcano’s ash plume is currently drifting north over the Bering Sea as of yesterday, according to the European Space Agency.
Oh good, a layer of ash will help melt that nasty old ice and snow allowing the bears to swim free.

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Gravdigr  Thursday Jun 27 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
...does that make them pornographers?
Nah.

Just freaks.

Like the rest of us.


Gravdigr  Thursday Jun 27 01:33 PM

The ash...

That's insulating ash. Helps promote stronger ice and healthier gums.



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