MOSCOW, September 30. / TASS /. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky published on Thursday on his official page in the social network “VKontakte” a night photo of the magma flows of the volcano on the island of Palma.
“For more than a week, a powerful volcanic eruption has been going on on the Spanish island of Palma. According to media reports, lava flows reached the ocean and led to the release of caustic gas into the atmosphere. Yesterday, Pyotr Dubrov and I managed to photograph volcanic magma from the International Space Station at night.” – he wrote, expressing the hope that no one will suffer from a natural disaster.
On September 19, a volcanic eruption began on Palma in the area of the village of El Paso. An active ejection of volcanic materials occurs from the crater. Lava flows have already destroyed hundreds of houses, for security reasons, about 6 thousand people were evacuated. On the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, lava reached the coast of Palma.
Now on board the station are seven crew members: Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Petr Dubrov, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hai, Shane Kimbrow and Megan MacArthur, European Space Agency astronaut Tom Peske, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
See also: “Miracle House”. Social networks are discussing a photo of the villa, which was bypassed by lava on the island of Palma. Lava from the volcano on Palma formed a 50-meter “pyramid” in the ocean. Lava that reached the ocean on Palma formed an “island” 0.5 km wide
