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    Ash Plume Streams from Mt. Etna, Sicily : Image of the Day

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    Ash Plume Streams from Mt. Etna, Sicily : Image of the Day

    WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES

    06.26.2011

    Courtesy Photo

    NASA

    When this southward-looking photograph was taken by the Expedition 2 crew aboard the International Space Station, the city of Catania (in shadow, ~25 km SSE of the volcano) was covered by a layer of ash and Fontanarossa International Airport was closed. On that day an ash cloud was reported to have reached a maximum height of ~5.2 km. Plumes from two sources are visible here--a dense, darker mass from one of the three summit craters and a lighter, lower one. The record of historical volcanism of Mt. Etna is one of the longest in the world, dating back to 1500 BC. Two styles of activity are typical: explosive eruptions, sometimes with minor lava flows, from the summit craters and flank eruptions from fissures.

    Additional information:

    www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/usgs/index.htm Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/ETNA_news.html Italy's Volcanoes

    NASA Identifier: EtnaISS002E8683

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    Date Taken: 06.26.2011
    Date Posted: 02.08.2013 13:19
    Photo ID: 848884
    Resolution: 3060x2035
    Size: 1.99 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., US

    Web Views: 265
    Downloads: 5

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