Eruption of Sicily's Mt. Etna

Eruption of Sicily's Mt. Etna

On Saturday, November 2, 2002, Mt. Etna’s thick, yellowish-brown plume continued to billow from the mountain. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows two thermal detections as well (red dots).

Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC