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Old 06-25-2009, 01:42 AM   #1
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June 25, 2009: Matua Volcano

This Sarychev Peak eruption, on Matua Island, in the Kuril Island chain, northeast of Japan, was captured from space.

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The new photo was taken June 12 from the International Space Station. NASA says volcano researchers are excited about the picture "because it captures several phenomena that occur during the earliest stages of an explosive volcanic eruption."


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The main plume appears to be a combination of brown ash and white steam, according to a NASA statement. The vigorously rising plume gives the steam a bubble-like appearance.
The pictures of the A-bomb blasts from the '50s look like that too.

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The photo also shows a ground-hugging plume of light gray ash, probably a mix of hot gas and ash in what volcanologists call a pyroclastic flow, descending from the volcano summit. Pyroclastic flows — deadly to anything or anyone in their paths — are known to be up to 600 degrees and rush across the land at 130 mph.
I guess they caught the very beginning of this eruption, which is the first since 1989, for Sarychev Peak.

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Old 06-25-2009, 04:56 AM   #2
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Old 06-25-2009, 06:48 AM   #3
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Actually this is a space shot of Rosie O'Donnell having an orgasm.
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Old 06-25-2009, 06:53 AM   #4
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Old 06-25-2009, 08:20 AM   #5
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That is amazing! Look at how the high clouds are parting and creating a nice clear spot for the ash plume to reach skyward.

This is spectacular.
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Old 06-25-2009, 09:24 AM   #6
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Chuck Norris is a pyroclastic flow.
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Old 06-25-2009, 09:47 AM   #7
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What makes the cloud cover open up to let the smoke go through?
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Old 06-25-2009, 09:56 AM   #8
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All the air between the volcano and the clouds being pushed upwards by the plume.
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Old 06-25-2009, 10:00 AM   #9
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I'm guessing that if the flow on the ground is 600 degrees and moving at 130 mph, that there's probably a whole lot of heat and speed in the plume as well. Maybe it's pushing the clouds out of its own way?
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Old 06-25-2009, 10:36 AM   #10
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Very cool. Very very cool.
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Old 06-25-2009, 11:02 AM   #11
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Very hot. Very very hot.
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Old 06-25-2009, 12:03 PM   #12
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Nice find, Bruce. There's so much happening at once during an eruption, its a incredible seeing a nanosecond frozen in time.
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Old 06-25-2009, 09:49 PM   #15
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Astronomy picture of the day has it in 3D, but you need red/blue glasses to see the 3D part.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090625.html
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