An astronaut snapped the shot from the ISS.
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has snapped a stunning image of a snow-circled hydrothermal lake atop the real-life"Mount Doom" in New Zealand.
An unidentified astronaut, who was part of the Expedition 65 crew on board the ISS, snapped the stunning new photo on Sept. 23, 2021, as the ISS passed over the volcano. The image was released online Sept. 18 this year by NASA's Earth Observatory . In June, the alert level for Mount Ruapehu was increased from"minor volcanic unrest" to"moderate to heightened volcanic unrest," according to the geological hazard information website GeoNet , following a mini-swarm of earthquakes under the volcano. During this time, the temperature of the water in Crater Lake sharply increased to a peak temperature of 104 F .
—Tonga's eruption injected so much water into Earth's atmosphere that it could weaken the ozone layer
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