Whaleback Rises at a Russian Volcano

Shiveluch on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. Usually its eruptions are dramatic explosions, but over the last few weeks, it has started erupting ... a thing. It looks like an alien structure rising out of the ground, but a what we call a whaleback is a special kind of lava dome made by a volcanic eruption.