Raikoke Volcano rest on a small , egg - shaped island on Russia ’s Kamchatka Peninsula . For nigh a 100 , the Kuril Islands ’ quiet vent has rested in its isolated environs – a torpid point that came to a closing curtain on June 22 much to the chagrin of satellites and astronauts aboard the International Space Station ( ISS ) .
The spectacular clap was captured around 4 am local time on June 21 when a thick plume of dark-brown volcanic ash and gaseous state shot up towards Earth ’s standard atmosphere from its 700 - meter - wide of the mark ( 2,300 feet ) crater .
“ What a spectacular image . It remind me of theclassic Sarychev Peak astronaut photographof an outbreak in the Kurils from about 10 years ago , ” suppose volcanologistSimon Carnin a NASAstatement . “ The ring of white puffy clouds at the base of operations of the pillar might be a preindication of ambient strain being get out into the column and the condensate of water vapor . Or it could be a rising plumage from [ the ] fundamental interaction between magma and seawater because Raikoke is a little island and flows likely entered the water system . ”
The “ unexpected ” eruption caused ash tree plume to climb to around 13 kilometers ( 8 naut mi ) above sea stratum , with other planet information analysis indicating it may have reached an altitude of as much as 17 kilometer ( 10 mil ) , cue aircraft advisory in the region . Ash contains fragments of rock and volcanic spyglass that could amaze hazards .
Since its eruption , the plume was pulled into circulation of a storm in the North Pacific and presently is drift over the Bering Sea , reports theEuropean Space Agency . planet sensors chase volcanic gases that move through the atmosphere postdate a volcanic volcanic eruption .
“ Radiosonde data from the part indicate a tropopause EL of about 11 kilometers , so altitudes of 13 to 17 klick intimate that the eruption swarm is mostly in the stratosphere , ” said Carn . “ The persistence of large SO2amounts over the last two days also indicates stratospheric injection . ”
It ’s believe the vent last erupted in 1924 and before that 1778 .
