Eruption of Chikurachki Volcano, Eastern Russia
February 21, 2013
Southwest of center in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from April 26, 2003, the Chikurachki Volcano is casting a gray plume of ash across the snow-covered landscape of Paramushir Island, one of the islands in the Kuril chain.
Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Topics:
Disaster Accident, Chikurachki, Paramushir, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Environment, Geology, Earth, Volcanology
