Astronaut Tim Peake captured an image of the Klyuchevskaya volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. The tip of the conical volcano can be seen poking out from the surrounding clouds and a plume of smoke is rising from it. The volcano is one of the tallest active volcanoes in the world. The heat from inside has melted the snow topping surrounding mountains.

Credit: Tim Peake, ESA, NASA

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