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Mt. Etna Lava Plumes
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Mt. Etna Lava Plumes |
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Mt. Etna [ http://www.volcanolive.com/etna.html ] has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. Located in Sicily [ http://www.siol.it/Ricerca/Sicily_map.htm ], Italy [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/it.html ], the volcano [ http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/etna.html ] produces lava fountains over one kilometer high. Mt. Etna [ http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/etna/ ] is not only one of the most active volcanoes [ http://www.volcanolive.com/active2.html ] on Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010204.html ], it is one of the largest, measuring over 50 kilometers at its base and rising nearly 3 kilometers high. Pictured in 2001 May, the tops of two lava plumes [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020121.html ] are visible near the center of the frame, while hot lava [ http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/glossary.html#lava ] flowing down the volcano [ http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ ] is visible on the left. This panoramic shot [ http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/etna/etna01/etna0105-en.html ] also includes the city lights of Calabria and Taormina on the left, and Catania on the right. The Earth's rotation [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010110.html ] is discernable on this long duration image [ http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/etna/etna01/etna0105-en.html ] as star trails [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000905.html ]. Orange Mars [ http://www.nineplanets.org/mars.html ] can be seen rising just below the star Antares [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980726.html ] far in the distance. |
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