Volcanic eruption in Ecuador seen from space Nov 05, 2002 ( taken from SpaceFlightNow )

Credit: OrbImage/GSFC

Ecuador was put into a state of emergency after a volcano exploded, shooting a mushroom cloud nearly 10 miles into the sky. Located just east of the capital, Quito, El Reventador erupted Sunday November 3, 2002, after being dormant for 26 years.

NASA's Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on board the Orbview 2 satellite captured this image of brown smoke shooting through the white clouds after the eruption.