[Rockhounds] NASA catches a volcano eruption from the space station

[Axel Emmermann]

Yes, very much so.
It's funny how perspective plays tricks with your mind.  I remember flying
over the Alps at an altitude of about 7 1/2 km.  Beneath us where mountains
reaching halfway up to the plane but we would never have guessed that.  I
can only imagine the kind of distorted perspective one gets from more than
300 km up!

Cheers
Axel

 
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> You might enjoy this picture of a volcano erupting taken from the
> International Space Station.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/sarychev_peak_eruption/
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