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Eruption of Mt. Etna in Sicily

The thick plume of volcanic ash and smoke coming from Mt. Etna has tapered to a thin line over the course of the past four weeks, but a thermal signature was still being detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on November 23, 2002. The plume is streaming east over the Mediterranean Sea, and is casting a dark shadow to its north. Mt. Etna began erupting on October 27, 2002.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 25, 2002
Data acquired November 23 - 23, 2002

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