Thanks to the always awesome Volcanism Blog and NOVA Geoblog for this picture of the day. It’s such an amazing photo that I figure I might as well re-post it here.
Image credit: Astronaut Jeffrey Williams and NASA.
Related Stories:This is a picture taken from the International Space Station of Mount Cleveland, located in Alaska, erupting in June of 2006.
Image credit: Astronaut Jeffrey Williams and NASA.
More information on Mount Cleveland and its eruptions can be found at the Alaska Volcano Observatory website.
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