Four Erupting Volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula

NASA’s Terra satellite captured four volcanoes erupting simultaneously, only 180 kilometers (110 miles) apart.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Four Erupting Volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

NASA image by Robert Simmon, using data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Robert Simmon.

Published February 3, 2013
Data acquired January 11, 2013