On July 21, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) flying onboard NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured this image as Sicily's Mount Etna Volcano emitted a faint plume of volcanic ash that blew away from the summit, toward the southwest. Days earlier, the volcano sent lava into the air, according to a www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/18/wetna18.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/18/ixnews.html report from Telegraph.co.uk. While taking this picture, MODIS detected a a place where surface temperatures were much higher than in the surrounding area. The hotspot is marked with a red outline in this image.
NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?AERONET_ETNA daily images of Mount Etna.
| Date Taken: | 07.30.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.08.2013 01:33 |
| Photo ID: | 830869 |
| Resolution: | 3840x2880 |
| Size: | 825.45 KB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, D.C., US |
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