Surreal images: This is what the Kamchatka region looks like after the volcanic eruption

Surreal images

This is what the Kamchatka region looks like after the volcanic eruption

The Zhiveluch volcano has spewed massive amounts of ash into the skies over northeastern Russia in recent days. Now the ash has settled, leaving a lunar landscape.

published12. April 2023, 10:45

The home of a Martian male? No, just a house in Russian Kamchatka.

via REUTERS

• A volcano in north-eastern Russia has ejected massive amounts of ash into the sky.

• Instead of snow, the Katchatka region is currently sinking under a blanket of ash.

• Some take the grey-brown mass with humor.

After massive ash eruption are the residents of the Kamchatka region awakens in a new world in north-eastern Russia. When you look out the window, you could quickly think that you have been kidnapped overnight by inhabitants of other planets – the sky glows unreally orange, the snow has disappeared under a thick layer of ash.

Because the Schiweluch volcano, which is just one of hundreds of volcanoes on the peninsula, caused the largest amount of ash in the region in 60 years on Tuesday. Toxic fumes and lava escaped from the mountain itself, but there was no violent eruption.

Now, after hours in the air, most of the fine ash particles have fallen to the ground, covering cars, roads and houses with a layer several centimeters thick, as pictures on social media show. Some even used the fine particles to make an ash angel.

At times, the highest warning level applied to air traffic in the region, but according to the Russian authorities, there was no immediate danger to the population. Pictures show that more than ten centimeters of ash has been deposited in individual places.

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