Volcanoes are not only a fascinating sight to see but they can be threatening as well. An image of Klyuchevskoy regarded as one of the most active volcanoes in the earth was taken by NASA for its latest activities.
NASA just posted an image of the Klyuchevskoy volcanic activities. The volcano is located in Kamchatka Peninsula in far Eastern Russia. The image was taken from International Space Station by an astronaut who is onboard. Aside from Klyuchevskoy, visible also on the photo were the other largest two volcanoes, Bezymianny, and Ushkovsky.
According to NASA Earth Observatory, Klyuchevskoy is regarded as the most active volcano, in terms observational data and geology and history and that it was reported the volcano hadn't had "quiet periods" since its formation last 6,000 years ago.
Klyuchevskoy's eruption in 1994 was notable as it led to disruption of North Pacific's air traffic for 60 hours. The said eruption started on Sept. 15, 1994 as the volcano emitted gas and ash but it fully erupted on October 1, 1994 between over two weeks. The vast cloud of ash heightened up to 20 km above and by which extended to 565 km and moved for about 85 mile per hour.
According to the article of OSU, the volcano has had reported 80 eruptions since the year 1697. The last reported eruption was in 2013 but it was just a weak thermal eruption emitted slight lava flow.
Klyuchevskoy is named as Klyuchevskaya Sopka. It is known to be the highest mountain in Russia and also the most active volcano in Eurasia. The volcano is part of the 1996 UNESCO Volcanoes of Kamchatka World Heritage Site. Daniel Gauss was the first to climb the volcano in 1788 but the latter climbers were unsuccessful as they were killed by the lavas ascending from the volcano.
Klyuchevskoy is a stratovolcano which means that it is a conical volcano with many layers of lava, pumice and cinders. Some of the known stratovolcanoes are Mount Vesuvius in Italy, Mount Nyiragongo in Congo, Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica, Mount St. Helens in Washington, and Volcán de Fuego in North America.
