Winter still grips the volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. In this new image, acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft, the mantle of white is disturbed by dark ash entirely covering Sheveluch volcano from recent eruptions. During the previous week, ash plumes rising up to 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) were reported by the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team. The image was acquired May 15, 2014, and is located at 56.6 degrees north, 160.6 degrees east.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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