Images: Erupting Kamchatka Volcanoes

By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer | April 16, 2014 06:46pm ET

Shiveluch Volcano

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

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

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

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

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

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Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.

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

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.