14 DAY TRIAL // On May 13, Alaska's Pavlof volcano decided to put on a show for us mere mortals and started erupting. It's been over 10 days since ash first began streaming from its peak, yet the volcano seems unwilling to quit rumbling and end its performance.
The picture above was taken on May 18 by NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Mashable says that all that was needed to capture this stunning phenomenon on film was a Nikon D3S digital camera.
Scientists working at the Alaska Volcano Observatory are now busy keeping both the volcano and the ash cloud above it under close observation.
Because of the ash cloud's size and thickness, flights in this region have been canceled.
The volcano is located in the Auletian Islands, at a distance of about 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) of Anchorage.