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Shiveluch Volcano

Shiveluch from space

(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.)

Siveluch, a 1,0768 -foot (3,283 meter) volcano in Kamchatka, erupts on April 14, 2014.

Klyuchevskaya Volcano

Klyuchevskaya volcano on Kamchatka

(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.)

Klyuchevskaya rises 15,859 feet (4,835 m). Landsat 8 captured this image of the volcano erupting on April 14, 2014.

Bezymianny Volcano

Bezymianny volcano on Kamchatka

(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.)

Bezymianny, a 9,453-foot (2,882 m) volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, erupting on April 14, 2014.

Kizimen Volcano

Kizimen volcano on Kamchatka

(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, using data from Thomas Painter and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.)

Kizimen, a 7,793-foot (2,376 m) startovolcano, erupts April 14, 2014.

Karymsky Volcano

karymsky volcano in russia

(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.)

The 5,038-foot (1,536 meter) Karymsky volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Stephanie Pappas
Stephanie Pappas
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Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.