NASA Simulation Indicates Ancient Flood Volcanoes Could Have Altered Climate (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Simulation Indicates Ancient Flood Volcanoes Could Have Altered Climate

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This is a plume of ash from the Sarychev volcano in the Kuril islands, northeast of Japan. The picture was taken from the International Space Station during the early stage of the volcano's eruption on June 12, 2009.

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