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Ref : V01595
Theme :
Looking at Earth - Volcanos (181 images)
Title : Ash Plume Streams from Mt. Etna, Sicily
Caption :
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 herea 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.
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