Very interesting post. These type of shot always make for a great desktop. Thanks for posting this especially for those of us too lazy to take the time to find them.
Alexis - if I had to hazard a guess as to why it erupted i'd have to say that Kliuchevskoi is a volcano and it's in their nature to do that from time to time :-)
I'm really into goth rock and new wave. My favorite band is The Birthday Massacre. The guy in my avatar is, in fact, a guy. His name is Mana from the band Malice Mizer.
not nearly as much as you'd think - they have very good search engines relating generally or to specific missions so if you know what kind of image your after it's pretty easy to find. what with working 14 hour shifts at work, sleeping, eating and coming on here theres not much time for exhaustive trawling :-)
Man, that is a nice shot. It's so nice, that its almost cheating! *Cries - I want a satellite to take overhead images of exploding volcanos* Nice shot.
Russ