In this exposure pick out by Cmdr . Chris Hatfield , you’re able to see four volcanoes that are erupting in Russia ’s Kamchatka Peninsula at the same time .
consort to NASA ’s Earth Observatory :
Russia ’s Kamchatka Peninsula has the gamy concentration of participating volcanoes on Earth . Separated by only 180 kilometers ( 110 sea mile ) , Shiveluch , Bezymianny , Tolbachik , and Kizimen were all erupting at the same time on January 11 , 2013 .
The activity of these four vent was captured during a single orbit by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite . The four delusive - colour ( near infrared , cherry-red , and green ) images [ below ] show Shiveluch , Bezymianny , Plotsky - Tolbachik , and Kizimen in detail .
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The Shiveluch and Bezymianny eruption are both characterized by growing lava domes - thick , pasty lava that form a pitcher as it is extruded .
Tolbachik , one of the few shield volcanoes on Kamchatka , is conflagrate in a dramatically dissimilar personal manner . The thin , runny lava flows easily , imprint low-toned and extensive flow interchangeable to those in Hawai’i . In this image , the lava remains hot enough to glow in virtually - infrared light .
Kizimen ’s lava is not as glutinous as that at Shiveluch and Bezymianny , but not as fluid as Tolbachik ’s . The medium lava form compact , blocky flows bordered by tall levees . Rocks and ash frequently fall from Kizimen ’s summit and the sassy lava catamenia on its eastern flank , make dark , fan - influence dust deposit .
This part in Russia is get it on for its volcanic activeness , anderuptions during the 1970s produced as much as 1.2 three-dimensional km of lava .
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