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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Recent scenes from the ISS...International Space Station (ISS)

We should be aware of things like this......................


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Recent scenes from the ISS

High above Russia's Kuril Islands, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) look down on erupting Sarychev Peak Volcano (plume in center, left) on Matua Island and its brownish ash mixing with cloud cover downwind on June 12, 2009. Part of the ISS, a Soyuz module, is visible in the foreground.

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A closer look at Sarychev Peak Volcano reveals more detail, the circular hole in the clouds around the island, the smooth condensation cloud wrapping much of the ash plume.

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Closer still to Sarychev Peak Volcano, pyroclastic flows can be seen tumbling down its slope (lighter clouds, bottom). Also visible is a closer view of the condensation cloud or "pileus", formed by the rapidly rising plume

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A view of the Pacific coast around Puerto Atico, Peru

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Ahile above the Pacific Ocean on may 11, 2009, ISS astronauts shot this photo of a waning gibbous moon, slightly distorted, seen through the Earth's atmosphere.

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A view of the Atlantic Ocean alongside Bahia Oso Marino and Punta Buque, Argentina.

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Lago Nansen, amongst the Andes Mountains in Argentina.

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The sun glints off Lake Poopó in Bolivia. Lake Poopó is a 1,000 sq km saline lake lying 3,686 meters above sea level

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Smoke blows eastward from a mountain slope in Canada's Rocky Mountains near Banff and Canmore.

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Circular Contrails are visible, east of Lake Nipigon, Canada


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