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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS038-E-5515 Date: Nov. 2013
Geographic Region: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feature: KLIUCHEVSKOI VOLCANO, ERUPTION PLUME, BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO, TOBALCHIK VOLCANO

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  Activity at Kliuchevskoi Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Federation

When viewing conditions are favorable, astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) can take unusual and striking images of the Earth. This astronaut photograph provides a view of an eruption plume emanating from Kliuchevskoi Volcano (also spelled Klyuchevskaya), one of the many active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Nadir views - looking "straight down"- that are typical of orbital satellite imagery tend to flatten the appearance of the landscape by reducing the sense of three dimensions of the topography.

In contrast, this image was taken from the ISS with a very oblique viewing angle that gives a strong sense of three dimensions, which is accentuated by the shadows cast by the volcanic peaks. This resulted in a view similar to what a person might see from a low-altitude airplane. The image was taken when the ISS was located over a ground position more than 1500 km to the southwest.

The plume - likely a combination of steam, volcanic gases, and ash - is extended to the east-southeast by prevailing winds; the dark region to the north-northwest of the plume is likely a product of both shadow and ash settling out. Several other volcanoes are visible in the image, including Ushkovsky, Tolbachik, Zimina, and Udina. To the south-southwest of Kliuchevskoi lies Bezymianny Volcano which appears to be emitting a small steam plume (visible at image center).
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 189k
Mission: ISS038  
Roll - Frame: E - 5515
Geographical Name: RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
Features: KLIUCHEVSKOI VOLCANO, ERUPTION PLUME, BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO, TOBALCHIK VOLCANO  
Center Lat x Lon: 56.1N x 161.3E
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera: N4
 
Camera Tilt: HO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 1200  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:  
 
Date: 20131116   YYYYMMDD
Time: 233156   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 47.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 144.2E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 142   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 221   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 15   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PENINSULA, VOLCANO  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views: PLUME  
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City Views:  
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