NASA and its US-India NISAR satellite mission capture time-lapse radar observations of an eruption at Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula volcano complex, Krasheninnikov. Lava spreads from the northern crater, forming an eastward-flowing field of molten rock and debris, with the eruption developing over multiple days. The updates describe imagery-like tracking of landscape changes rather than direct visual footage.
The eruption follows a nearby offshore earthquake. Sources say a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurs on July 30, 2025, in the nearby ocean, and appears to trigger or coincide with one of the two volcanoes becoming active. Both outlets report that Krasheninnikov starts erupting for the first time in nearly five centuries. While NASA’s account emphasizes the first-in-centuries eruption and the time-lapse capability, Phys.org highlights the ongoing, steady flow from the northern volcano and the NISAR mission’s role in monitoring changes in the terrain.
Together, the reports focus on the eruption’s timing, geographic setting, and how radar data from NISAR is used to observe evolving volcanic activity.
