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An Out-Of-This-World Aerial Shot of a Volcano Erupting in Russia

thisiscolossal.com

This past weekend, a volcanic eruption on Russia’s Kuril Islands was so massive it was quite literally visible from space. An astronaut on the International Space Station’s (ISS) Expedition 59 crew documented the plume from Raikoke Volcano, which reached eight miles into the sky. The ISS orbits 250 miles above earth.

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Amazing photograph! Is this the type of event that can have drastic effects on the weather for the next year or so like the year without a summer?