Posted on 06/24/2009 10:31:53 AM PDT by Sarajevo
A chance recording by astronauts on the International Space Station has captured the moment a volcano explosively erupted, sending massive shockwaves through the atmosphere. Sarychev Peak, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, had been sitting quietly in the Kuril Island chain near Japan for 20 years, when it suddenly sprang to life on June 12. Fortuitously, the International Space Station was flying overhead at the time, and managed to capture this spectacular image of the ash-cloud tearing through the atmosphere, sending clouds scattering in its wake in a perfect circle.
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Awesome pics!
Astronomy ping
Wow, what a view! Awesome pictures.
You mean that’s not a cow fart?!?
No. It’s North Korea launching missiles again
It was during one of the musical wake-up calls (I think the song was the Beatles "Good Day Sunshine", when the video from the ISS showed the sun rising over the earth, and you could see a concentric ring pattern in the clouds as the sun was rising. I thought that it might have been the result of a meteor hitting the atmosphere, but I never saw anyone make reference to it, and the video was not on NASA's highlights of the day from their website.
Too bad, though, because it looked really cool.
-PJ
Did the clouds really “scatter”, or did the hot volcanic ashe simply dry out the atmosphere enough to make the clouds disappear?
obama ducking out for his occasional “95% cured” smoke.
“I see a host...”
Obscure CGEB reference
Amazing Volcano Photo Reveals Shock Wave (Pic from the ISS/Nasa)
LiveScience.com on Yahoo | 6/22/09
Posted on 06/22/2009 9:04:14 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2276871/posts
Sorry. It didn’t show up on the search.
That picture makes a great desktop pic!
Looks like somebody blew up a Porta Potty at a Grateful Dead concert.
I wonder how many years of smog produced daily in Los Angeles it would take to equal that single natural volcanic burp?
Oooooooo..... “global warming”! ...Run for my life!
:’) Not your fault.
It’s going to take a lot of carbon credits to cover that one!
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