Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Magma Bubbles from Mt. Etna
Explanation:
Mt. Etna [ http://www.volcanol…] erupted spectacularly in 2001 June. Pictured above [ http://www.swissedu…], the volcano [ http://volcano.und.…] was photographed expelling bubbles of hot magma, some of which measured over one meter across. One reason planetary geologists study Earth's Mt. Etna [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is because of its likely similarity [ http://www.astrobio…] to volcanoes [ http://pubs.usgs.go…] on Mars [ http://www.nineplan…]. Mt. Etna, a basalt volcano [ http://volcanoes.us…], is composed of material similar to Mars, and produces similar lava channels [ http://www.geology.…]. Located in Sicily [ http://www.siol.it/…], Italy [ http://www.cia.gov/…], Mt. Etna [ http://en.wikipedia…] is not only one of the most active volcanoes on Earth [ http://www.volcanol…], it is one of the largest [ http://hvo.wr.usgs.…], measuring over 50 kilometers at its base and rising nearly 3 kilometers high.
Credit and Copyright:
//www.swisseduc.ch/s tromboli/copyright/i ndex-en.html" >Copyright: Marco Fulle (Stromboli online [ http://www.swissedu…])
facet_when:
2001
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Italy
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mars
facet_when_year:
2001
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap051002

Magma Bubbles from Mt. Etna
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