An eruption of Shiveluch in 2002 sent ash soaring into the Kamchatka Peninsula skies.
Far East Russia’s Shiveluch volcano erupted with some of its most powerful activity in recent years.
Ash soared nearly 40,000 feet into the sky above a remote area of the Kamchatka Peninsula, then blew westward in a 375-mile plume clearly visible by satellite.
Scientists said powerful flows of pyroclastic debris coming from the volcano crater reached temperatures as hot as 1,475 degrees Fahrenheit (800 degrees Celsius).
The mountain produced a less-impressive eruption on March 29, 2007. There have been about 60 significant eruptions there during the past 20,000 years.
2002 Photo: Kamchatka Science Center. Digg This 