The majestic Mount Etna is erupting so strongly within the Mediterranean that it is catching the eye of the Worldwide Area Station crew.
Members of Expedition 66 at present in orbit shared some views of area of the extremely lively volcano, which has erupted dozens of occasions previously 12 months alone.
“@astro_luca’s house volcano #Etna is clearly smoking (and spitting lava as I learnt from the information) 🌋,” wrote European Area Company astronaut Matthias Maurer on Saturday (Feb. 12), referring to fellow ESA spaceflyer Luca Parmitano, who’s from Italy.
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Not a really clear shot since there may be manner an excessive amount of humidity in Europe’s air in the meanwhile however @astro_luca’s house volcano #Etna is clearly smoking (and spitting lava as I learnt from the information) 🌋 pic.twitter.com/gL5uNOkZUyFebruary 12, 2022
Just lately, one other eruption of Mount #Etna on the Italian island of #Sicily started. Crimson-hot lava flows out of the crater, and clouds of ash and smoke are within the sky over Sicily.The exercise of the volcano then stops, then resumes with a sequence of highly effective explosions 🌋 pic.twitter.com/B8JSgvJrkGFebruary 16, 2022
On the Russian aspect of the area station, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, the Russian area company, additionally despatched a report down from orbit. “Crimson-hot lava flows out of the crater, and clouds of ash and smoke are within the sky over Sicily. The exercise of the volcano then stops, then resumes with a sequence of highly effective explosions 🌋.”
Mount Etna was so lively in 2021 that it grew by 100 toes (30 meters) in half a 12 months. Astronauts can help with satellite tv for pc observations of pure phenomena resembling volcanoes and hurricanes snapping their very own images from the ISS.
Volcanic plumes can attain very excessive altitudes and might doubtlessly impression air visitors, whereas sulfur dioxide nearer to the bottom can irritate the human respiratory system and set off bronchial asthma or different respiratory circumstances.
Mount Etna is believed to be a submarine volcano that popped above sea stage after a number of eruptions, on account of solidified lava, in keeping with NASA’s Earth Observatory. The mountain has lava flows over its floor that date to way back to 300,000 years in the past.
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