Desktop Project Part 20: Angling in on a smoking volcano

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Apr 14, 2012 7:02 PMNov 20, 2019 4:11 AM

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[The Desktop Project is an excuse for me to clear all the way cool astronomical images I have siting on my computer desktop. I'm posting one every day until they run out, which will actually be pretty soon. I'm catching up!] Volcano pictures taken from space are a favorite of mine. Satellites that take photos of the ground are generally designed to see straight down (toward the nadir, the opposite of the zenith), and these are always nifty. But there's a special place in my heart for pictures taken by astronauts in the International Space Station, because unlike satellites, they can see off to the side. And there's something about a shot of a volcano chugging away when seen from an angle...

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