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Eruption of Mt. Etna in Sicily

On Saturday, November 2, 2002, Mt. Etna’s thick, yellowish-brown plume continued to billow from the mountain. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows two thermal detections as well (red dots).


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 4, 2002
Data acquired November 2 - 2, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth