• Satellite view of Mount Etna, a volcano in Italy, that is in the process of erupting. Ashes and gases are seen as a set of white clouds above the eruption site.
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    After two years of quiet, Sicily’s Mount Etna began to erupt on December 2, 2015. The Landsat 8 satellite captured this image over the volcano on the following day. A plume of gas and ash rises from the summit.

  • Satellite view of Mount Etna, a volcano in Italy, that is in the process of erupting. Ashes and gases are seen as a set of white clouds above the eruption site.

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December 03, 2015

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