Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands, Russia

The Kamchatka Peninsula, which extends into the Sea of Okhotsk (left) and the Bering Sea (right) is home to over a hundred volcanoes, at least a dozen of which are active. In this MODIS image from April 28, 2002, the thermal signature (red dot) detected by MODIS is from the eruption of the Karymsky Volcano, which produced an ash cloud that appears to have coated the volcano9s snow-covered flanks.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published May 4, 2002
Data acquired April 28, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

Visible Earth