NASA Photo ID: SL4-139-3971        File Name: 10076375.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 01/08/74
Title: View of Island of Kyushu, Japan from Skylab
Description:
An oblique view of the Island of Kyushu, Japan (32.0N, 132.0E), as seen
from  the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. The plume from the volcano 
Sakurajima is clearly seen in this photograph. The volcano and its plume
were  observed several times by the Skylab crew. The plume was seen to
stream out  to the south or southeast and become increasingly diffuse away
from the  volcano. In this photograph, it extends about 80 kilometers (50
miles) east  from the volcano. As the plume reached the open ocean east of
Kyushu it  changed direction, sometimes abruptly, and fanned out to the
northeast.               
Subject terms:
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
ISLANDS                                 
JAPAN                                   
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
PLUMES                                  
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
VOLCANOES                               

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