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Cleveland Volcano, Alaska

Photo: Activity at Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Cleveland Volcano releases a plume of ash that rises almost 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) above the North Pacific Ocean in this aerial photograph. Cleveland Volcano, located in the Aleutian Islands southwest of Alaska, failed to produce an eruption and the plume of ash detached from the volcano two hours after it had formed.

Photograph courtesy ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center.