NASA: Remote and unknown to the general public, volcanoes were photographed by the ISS crew.
They may look like alien landscapes, or like eccentric paintings, but the photos published a few days ago by NASA scientists actually depict the distant and dark volcanoes of Russia, taken from space !
The volcanoes are all concentrated on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where they were photographed by the International Space Stationas the satellite traveled overhead.
In an accompanying commentary of the images, the researchers describe this part of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Russia as one of the most active volcanic regions on our planet.
" Kamchatka boasts one of the highest concentrations of volcanoes on Earth, with more than 300 volcanoes identified, of which 29 are considered active, as well as hot springs and geysers," the researchers add.
Astronauts on the International Space Station captured these images of Russian volcanoes a few weeks earlier, on May 4. At that time, the Klyuchevskoy volcano, as you can see in the photo above, was spewing ash and smoke, making its slopes appear somewhat dark in the crew's photos. The Klyuchevskoy is estimated to have formed at least 6,000 years ago. It is the most active volcano in all of Eurasia, and that doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon.
On the contrary, and according to what geologists report, due to the age of the volcano, the fact that it was likely formed a few thousand years ago, as well as the fact that it is active to this day, reveal that the volcano has rarely gone through quiet periods, and even these should have lasted very short.
