Satellite imagery has captured the volcanic eruption on the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia.<br /><br />The Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight and reached its climax six hours later, sending out a cloud of ash over an area of 108,000 square kilometres, according to the Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Geophysical Survey.<br /><br />Villages have been carpeted in drifts of grey ash almost 10 centimetres deep, according to Reuters.<br /><br />Lava flows have been pouring down the side of the volcano, melting snow and prompting a mudflow warning.
