Alaska's
newly erupted Cleveland Volcano gets the star treatment by an astronaut aboard
the International Space Station.
Nestled in
Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, the Cleveland Volcano erupted on May 23,2006 in a
short-lived spurt that lasted only two hours.
But that
was enough time for NASA astronaut and Expedition
13 science officer/flight engineer Jeffrey Williams aboard the ISS to grab
a camera and catch Cleveland’s immense plume just after he reported the scene
at about 7:00 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) Tuesday.
In this
image captured by Williams, Cleveland’s striking plume stands out from its blue
sea surroundings as it moves from west-southeast from the volcano’s summit
vent. By 9:00 p.m. EDT (0100 May 24 GMT), the plume had completely detached
from the summit.
Williams
and ISS commander Pavel Vinogradov are in the midst of a six-month mission aboard
the space station. They arrived on April 1.
-- SPACE.com Staff
Credit: NASA/JSC.
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