Anyuyskiy Volcano

On Sept. 13, 2003, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of the now-dormant Anyuyskiy Volcano in far eastern Russia. (Vegetation appears bright green; bare rocks and ice app
On Sept. 13, 2003, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of the now-dormant Anyuyskiy Volcano in far eastern Russia. (Vegetation appears bright green; bare rocks and ice appear bright red; water appears navy blue.) (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen)

On Sept. 13, 2003, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of the now-dormant Anyuyskiy Volcano in far eastern Russia. (Vegetation appears bright green; bare rocks and ice appear bright red; water appears navy blue.)

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