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A rare alignment of nature, technology, and timing produced this amazing eruption image. 😲📷 On June 12, 2009, Sarychev Peak—a remote stratovolcano in the Kuril Islands—erupted just as the International Space Station (ISS) happened to be passing overhead. The amazing timing resulted in one of the most iconic volcanic images ever captured from space. As Sarychev Peak exploded, ISS astronauts captured the towering ash plume punching through the clouds, pyroclastic flows pouring down the slopes, a