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Summary
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English: Astronaut photo of ash cloud from Mount Cleveland, Alaska, USA.
Русский: Извержение вулкана Кливленд на Аляске 23 мая 2006 года.
ISS Crew Earth Observations: ISS013-E-24184
Identification |
Mission |
ISS013 ( Expedition 13) |
Roll |
E |
Frame |
24184 |
Country or Geographic Name |
USA-ALASKA |
Features |
CLEVELAND VOLCANO, ERUPTION |
Centre Point Latitude |
52.8° N |
Centre Point Longitude |
-170.0° E |
Camera |
Camera Tilt |
43° |
Camera Focal Length |
800 mm |
Camera |
Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera |
Film |
3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. |
Quality |
Percentage of Cloud Cover |
0-10% |
Nadir What is Nadir? |
Date |
2006-05-23 |
Time |
22:57:48 |
Nadir Point Latitude |
50.7° N |
Nadir Point Longitude |
-168.0° E |
Nadir to Photo Centre Direction |
Northwest |
Sun Azimuth |
175° |
Spacecraft Altitude |
184 nautical miles (341 km) |
Sun Elevation Angle |
60° |
Orbit Number |
2934 |
Original image caption |
Eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember on the International Space Station. This most recent eruption was first reported to the Alaska Volcano Observatory by astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, at 3:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (23:00 GMT). This image, acquired shortly after the beginning of the eruption, captures the ash plume moving west-southwest from the summit vent. The eruption was short-lived; the plume had completely detached from the volcano summit two hours later. Ash plumes from Cleveland Volcano have reached heights of 12 kilometers and can present a hazard to trans-Pacific jet flights. The fog bank visible at image top centre is a common feature of the Aleutian volcanoes. Cleveland Volcano, situated on the western half of Chuginadak Island, is one of the most active of the volcanoes in the Aleutian Island chain extending west-southwest from the Alaska mainland. At a summit elevation of 1,730 meters, this stratovolcano is the highest in the Islands of the Four Mountains group. Carlisle Island to the north-northwest, another stratovolcano, is also part of this group. Magma that feeds eruptions of ash and lava flows from the volcano is generated by subduction of the northwestward-moving Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate. As one tectonic plate subducts beneath another, melting of materials above and within the subducting plate produce magma that can eventually move to the surface and erupt through a vent (such as a volcano). Cleveland Volcano claimed the only known eruption-related fatality in the Aleutian Islands during 1944. |
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Date |
23 May 2006 |
Source |
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17285 |
Author |
ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Centre. |
Permission ( Reusing this file) |
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, of the NASA Johnson Space Centre. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". ( NASA copyright policy page or Conditions of Use of Astronaut Photographs). Photo source: ISS013-E-24184.
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This image, which was originally uploaded with an assertion of Public Domain status, was reviewed on 4 December 2010 by the administrator or trusted user Jappalang ( talk), who confirmed the Public Domain status on that date. |
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