English: Shiveluch volcano anchors the northern end of a volcanic chain of more than 100volcanoes covering the Kamchatkan Peninsula. It is one of the most active volcanoes along the Pacific Rim. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station Alpha looked north toward Shiveluch’s scarred southern slope to get a different perspective of the impressive cluster of volcanoes in the Klyuchevskaya group and Shiveluch. The oblique views were acquired because these volcanoes (at 56.6 degrees latitude) lie north of the station’s orbital track, which reaches a maximum latitude of 51.6 degrees. Space Station crewmembers will continue to observe these and other volcanoes for signs of eruptions.