International Space Station Crew Images Sarychev Volcano

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The International Space Station Crew (ISS) got a truly amazing birds eye view of the Sarychev Volcano as it just began erupting on on Jun 12th, 2009. The ash plume from the volcano actually punctured the tropopause and ejected matter in the stratosphere of the earth's atmosphere. Gas and ash plumes are now circling hte globe and will lead to enhanced sunsets in the northern hemisphere of the earth. The image shot above show many features, such as pileus cloud formation at the top of the plume and pyroclastic flows ejecting out the of side of the volcano. More information about the image and volcano can be found at NASA's Earth Observatory