NASA | Sarychev Volcano Eruption from the International Space Station

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A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain, and it is located on the northwestern end of Matua Island.

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[crazyguy2260]

I'm not saying it was aliens, but....

It was aliens.

[AirspaceFalling]

GEOPHYSICS!

[demaio572]

This sequence was developed with something called "Optical Flow" - an editing technique that tries to guess the next frame in sequence to allow for smoother video transitions when there aren't enough frames to show motion. You can check it out in 1veritasium's video "epic slow-mo drum explosions".

Educate yourself before claiming you're educated.

[Kirstine cate De castro]

ComeOn Bro !"

[Kirstine cate De castro]

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[Rowdy Abbott]

What does this mean: "C'mon bro"?

[Rowdy Abbott]

What an awesome clip!

[kwanarchive]

Holy fuck that's a retarded statement.

[Rowdy Abbott]

parallax is a candle and meteorology is not the study of candles for that matter.

[kwanarchive]

That's because it's a time lapse and you can't align each photograph precisely.

You say you're in school for meteorology, but you clearly have no understanding of how cameras work or parallax, for that matter.