http://cache.gawker.com/assets/stills/volcano-iss.flv.jpgBack in June, astronauts onboard the International Space Station took a few spectacular photos of the Sarychev Peak volcano as it exploded in a 5-mile high plume of ash and gas. Now they have released an even more spectacular video.
The ISS was flying 220 miles over the island of Matua when the volcano erupted in a pyroclastic flow, a howling mass of ash and gas that moves at 130 miles per hour, reaching temperatures up to 1,112ºF (600ºC). Such a terrible mayhem, yet so beautiful. [Liveleak]
The ISS was flying 220 miles over the island of Matua when the volcano erupted in a pyroclastic flow, a howling mass of ash and gas that moves at 130 miles per hour, reaching temperatures up to 1,112ºF (600ºC). Such a terrible mayhem, yet so beautiful. [Liveleak]