Russia's Kliuchevskoi volcano casts a long
shadow in this satellite image from Europe's Proba spacecraft.
Kliuchevskoi's
snow capped peak reaches an altitude of about 4,835
meters ending in a summit crater that stretches about 700 meters across. The
volcano itself sits along the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East.
Since 1697, Kliuchevskoi has erupted more than 80 recorded times with
one giant eruption occurring in October 1994, bellowing a column of ash up to
20 kilometers skyward while lava poured down its sides.
While the
region around the volcano is predominantly uninhabited, recent eruptions to
present a potential danger to air traffic since international routes extend
over the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Researchers
used the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS) aboard the
European Space Agency's Proba satellite to obtain this view of Kliuchevskoi.
-- SPACE.com Staff
Credit: ESA.
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