Mount Etna Stands Above the Dust

Saharan dust clouded the skies but stayed low enough to frame the Italian island’s famously active volcano.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Photo by Boris Behncke/INGV-Osservatorio Etneo (Catania). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published December 8, 2022
Data acquired December 7, 2022

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