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Kliuchevskoi volcano eruption (Russia) seen from space

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-asrus-00010

Date

2006-09-21

The major eruption, located on the Kamchatka pensinsula in far northwestern Siberia, began September 30, 1994 (launch day of STS-68) and received almost immediate coverage by the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The eruption cloud reached 60,000 feet above sea level, and the winds carried ash as far as 640 miles southeast from the volcano into the North Pacific air routes.