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Alaid volcano summit rises above clouds in astronaut photo
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed Alaid volcano rising above a thick layer of clouds.
The image was taken on Atlasov Island, off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
It shows only the volcano’s summit poking through the low-lying clouds.
The photo was taken on Aug.
2, 2019.
Alaid is described as a highly active volcano, though the photo does not show an eruption.
The image offers a view of the volcano’s summit above the clouds, but no further developments are reported.
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed Alaid volcano’s summit rising above thick clouds.
The volcano is on Atlasov Island, off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
The photograph was taken on Aug. 2, 2019.
The astronaut who took the photograph was not named.
- Who
- An unnamed astronaut aboard the International Space Station took the photograph.
- What
- The image shows Alaid volcano’s summit above a thick layer of clouds.
- When
- Aug. 2, 2019.
- Where
- Atlasov Island, off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Volcano
- Alaid
- Island
- Atlasov Island, Russia
- Photograph date
- Aug. 2, 2019
- Photographer
- Unnamed astronaut aboard the International Space Station