Tungurahua volcanic eruption can be seen LIVE from the ISS now!

I was looking at the live camera feed from the ISS when I noticed a eruption like cloud. I used the www.isstracker.com... to find where it was and then I found the volcano using this site: www.volcanodiscovery.com...

Check it out:

www.ustream.tv...



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How awkward, it seems they cut off the video feed and started chatting. It is on a course to fly straight over the ash plume. I should have taken a screenshot.

14 minutes ago when you posted the thread, the ISS wasnt even over South America.
It was in total darkness over the South Pacific.
Its only now crossing Central America, and into the light of day.

At the moment the thread was created, Orbitron shows...

reply to post by Waldy


ARGH, that is annoying. Yeah probs would of been good but no worries.

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Its flying really high above and the sun was visible way above the horizon. The ash plume had a really long and distinctive shadow showing how high above the cloudline along the coast of South America.

Too bad they switched cameras, it would have been amazing flyover view.

Here is some info on the volcano itself:

2012-13 Eruptions An increase in activity occurred at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador in August 2012. Between 1500-1600 hr (local time, 20th August 2012) there were 16 large explosions. The explosions were heard in nearby villages. During the evening of 20th August there were constant avalanches of incandescent material rolling 1.5 km down the flank. At 1411 hr (local time) on the 21st August an explosive eruption produced an ash column 4 km high and a pyroclastic flow which travelled 2.5 km down Achupashal creek. Thermal images identified continuous emission of incandescent material on the upper flanks of the volcano. The eruptions caused the evacuation of 110 families.

Source and more info

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