Volcano pics from ISS

[multiweb (Marc)]

Some pretty cool pics. You can even see the curved trail of smoke wrapping around the earth.

[peterl]

Gee!!
It makes you think about how much stuff is being put into the atmosphere
from natural causes compared to our human levels of pollution?
Peter

[KenGee (Kenith Gee)]

Great images
PeterL Scientist measure the amount of CO2 from volcano's it is a tiny fraction of what we are pumping out.

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

Originally Posted by peterl

Gee!!
It makes you think about how much stuff is being put into the atmosphere
from natural causes compared to our human levels of pollution?
Peter

Check this site for recent estimates. http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/climate.php

Our emissions dwarf volcanoes.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

very cool Marc thanks for sharing the link

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Cool photos, thanks.

[multiweb (Marc)]

What amazes me in those ISS pics is that you can actually see the distortion in the clouds layer due to the atmosphere refraction. It's like looking in a bath tub. It flattens everything. The top of the plume above the volcano shows as it almost going in space and you can see details but underneath it looks flat.

Originally Posted by colinmlegg

Check this site for recent estimates. http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/climate.php

Our emissions dwarf volcanoes.

Too true. Check this out... and these.

[peterl]

Thanks Ken and Colin.Interesting read and statistics.
great images.

Peter.

[Chif (Andrew)]

What amazing images. Wouldn't it be awesome to be on-board the ISS and be able to see these things in person.