Earth ID: 30476

Mount Etna

Released on November 1, 2013

Twin volcanic plumes—one of ash, one of gas—rose from Sicily’s Mount Etna on the morning of October 26, 2013. L’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) Osservatorio Etneo (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Etna Observatory) reported that Etna was experiencing its first paroxysm in six months. Multiple eruption columns are common at Etna, a result of complex plumbing within the volcano. The Northeast Crater, one of several on Etna’s summit, was emitting the ash column, while the New Southeast Crater was simultaneously venting mostly gas.

This natural-color image collected by Landsat 8 shows the view from space at 11:38 a.m. local time. The towering, gas-rich plume cast a dark shadow over the lower, ash-rich plume and Etna’s northwestern flank. Relatively fresh lava flows (less than a century or so old) are dark gray; vegetation is green; and the tile-roofed buildings of Bronte and Biancavilla lend the towns an ochre hue.

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Credits

Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation): Data Visualizer
Jesse Allen (Sigma Space Corporation): Data Visualizer
Marit Jentoft-Nilsen: Project Support

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the USGS Earth Explorer. Caption by Robert Simmon with contributions from Boris Behncke.

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Missions:
Landsat
LDCM: Landsat Data Continuity Mission

Data Used:

Landsat-8/OLI/Band Combination 2,3,4 also referred to as: True Color

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Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Solid Earth >> Volcanoes >> Volcanic Ash/Dust
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Solid Earth >> Volcanoes >> Volcanic Gases
GCMD >> Location >> Sicily
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> Presentation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Volcanic Eruptions

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0