NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Steve Roy
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 256.544.0034)

Photo release: 06-073


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Astronaut Jeffrey Williams photographed this image of the Cleveland Volcano on the Aleutian Islands in Alaska from the International Space Station. The eruption was first reported to the Alaska Volcano Observatory by Williams Tuesday, May 23. This image, acquired shortly after the beginning of the eruption, captures the ash plume moving west-southwest from the summit vent. The image was taken as part of the Crew Earth Observations experiment where astronauts photograph changes on Earth’s surface over time and more dynamic events, such as floods, fires and volcanic eruptions. (NASA/JSC)


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