An astronaut saw Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupting from space. And he took a picture.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been spewing plumes of ash and steam from its main vent and oozing lava into nearby neighborhoods since the beginning of May.

And now, even astronauts on the International Space Station can see the volcanic activity from orbit.

NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel — a current Space Station crewmember — snapped a photo of the volcano belching out a thick plume of steam tinged with a bit of ash from his post 250 miles above.

The vent photographed by Feustel is named Halema’uma’u but commonly called the “overlook vent,” as it’s a popular destination in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.  Read more…

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