ISS020 Saraychev Peak Eruption

[DerFlo4711]

Fantastic work!!

[blackest1ung]

Bobby Jindal disapproves :<

[Kciceturbo]

absolutely amazing

[rafadarko]

YEAH

[sudiin]

Holy carp, amazing imagery!

[shimazu333]

what program was used to put the images together like that????

[lehman]

any video editing program.

[shimazu333]

what one do you know of that can do this?

[warwithangels]

The Gods are Still Creating!!

[silvestreherrera]

Trust me, that's no god, it's just nature...

[Vortex93]

First of all there's 1 God not Gods..

[Brantoc]

You don't have to be a geologist to be impressed with that kind of power.

[IRMTBR]

Awesome work... those are pyroclastic flows though, not lahars.

[DarkAndMartyr]

wow nice!

[redhd09]

awesomer

[agnostictrickster]

Sorry that I didn't notice bmanct's comment before I posted - I'm glad you put together a corrected version - that is one hell of an animation!

[4Dmetricology]

WA WA WEE WA!

Sorry kids but that almost gave me a

boner.

Some vids need 7 stars.

[Xalseqsn]

Anyone know what kind of camera the astronaut used? Canon 5D? or something unique? or maybe his cellphone? hehe.

[agnostictrickster]

Love the fine animation work. However, what you call lahars [volcanic mudflows] are most likely pyroclastic flows.

[science4grownups]

Thank you. Previously noted by bmanct and fixed in my video response.

[pCfReAke]

Absolutely amazing.

[sparklesgurl]

Wow that's amazing how its punched a whole in the atmosphere and the shockwave that pushed the clouds out around it.. amazing photos from the space station.

[puncheex]

@sparklesgurl: Ummmm....I don't think the vapor is a shock wave; it is steam in the rising cloud condensing as it's dew point is reached by adiabatic expansion. Even if violently ejected, it slows to subsonic within a few hundred yards at most. It rises, expands, cools until its temperature supports condensation.

[Northwest43]

Incredible!! Thank you for this.

[chaulsin]

Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing! 5/5

[mkdniki29]

What kind of technology you are using to create this 3D animation?

[science4grownups]

@mkdniki29 - I used Shake and Final Cut Express.

[puncheex]

@mkdniki29: It was done by taking still pictures out of a shuttle window. Then the frames are aligned and zoomed to match each other. I don't think there is anything particularly fancy in terms of software to do this; the changing perspective would make automation difficult. It is more artistry than engineering.

[science4grownups]

@bmanct - Thanks, you're totally right; I've uploaded a version with corrections. Unfortunately, YT won't let me replace this one.

[WilliamCWilson]

Really pictures out of this world. Right time, right place, right people with camera. Gives an idea of the power of mother nature! Excellent.

[U3D]

it's one thing to see such an amazing photo, it's even more amazing to see it in motion!

[HansNien]

Now we can see why manned space missions are still very useful. I bet that an automathic camera did not caught dits eruptiun plume so nice.

Amazing job. Thanks for sharing, it's fantastic.

[bmanct]

GREAT GREAT JOB! Only thing I have to remark (being a volcanologist), the moving clouds labeled "lahars" are not lahars (mudflows) but pyroclastic flows. There is quite a difference, especially in temperature, water content, and cohesion, between these two different categories of volcanic flows. In the end, though, both are the most deadly things a volcano can do.

[jackn1969]

class!

[kd8ux]

awesome!

[labmut11891]

WOW.

That's all I can say. AMAZING photos.