In honor of International Mountain Day, lets watch one blow up! This beauty of a picture comes court

In honor of International Mountain Day, lets watch one blow up! This beauty of a picture comes courtesy of the International Space Station, which just happened to be passing over Sarychev Volcano in the Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan, on June 12, 2009.This volcano is one of the most active in the Kuril Islands. As a result of the eruption, multiple flights had to be diverted due to the danger of an engine ingesting ash. The ash from this eruption was detected as far as 2400 km away.You may have noticed the ‘hole in the clouds’ by now, and there is not just one answer as to what caused it. In fact, according to various meteorologists and volcanologists there are three possibilities: 1) the hole has nothing to do with the eruption (boring), 2) the hole is caused by descending air around the eruption plume (better), and 3) this is my personal favorite, the hole is caused by the shockwave from the eruption blast (YAY!!).Have a happy International Mountain Day!!—AdamPhoto Credit: NASA Earth ObervatoryReferences: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38985 -- source link

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