Thanks to the various Earth-observing satellites of NASA, we can see epic eruptions as never before. Spouting fire and noxious gases, volcanoes have alternatively inspired and frightened people since the dawn of time. And who wouldn’t be afraid of raging rain of fire. Even though volcanoes frighten us, we still get impressed by the power nature has. Things to get cooler, these are the photos taken from the space.

1. Mount Merapi in Indonesia

2. Mount Belinda in the South Sandwich Islands

3. Virunga chain of central Africa

4. Grimsvotn in Iceland

5. Santa Ana in El Salvador

6. Cotopaxi in Ecuador

7. Cleveland in the Aleutian Islands

8. Augustine in Cook Inlet, Alaska

9. Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland