Klyuchevskaya Sopka (also known as Klyuchevskoy Volcano, ed.), the highest active volcano in Eurasia, has been erupting continuously since June this year. In early November, a violent eruption took place and the volcano emitted a cloud of smoke 1,600 kilometers long, satellite images show.
On November 1, a massive volcanic eruption released a stream of smoke and ash that reached a maximum height of 12 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory.
Cloud photographed by NASA satellites
The eruption was recorded by instruments aboard NASA’s Aqua and Landsat 8 satellites (pictured below). The newly released false-color image (shown above) provides a detailed view of the lava flows and ash plume that rose from the volcano and moved from east to southeast, the US space agency reported on its EarthObservatory website.
Volcano is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire
Klyuchevskaya Sopka is an active stratovolcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, home to more than 300 other volcanoes. According to the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), the volcano’s summit is 4,750 meters above sea level, making it higher than any other volcano in Asia or Europe.
Kamtschtka is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped, approximately 40,000-kilometer-long volcanic belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean on three sides. About two-thirds of all current volcanic eruptions and about 90 percent of all earthquakes worldwide can be traced to this area.
Source: Krone
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