Volcanoes
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
On August 12, 2011, Etna had its tenth paroxysm of the year, spewing a thick white plume of gas and ash into the air.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Ash and gas presage a paroxysm (small eruption) at Italy’s Mount Etna
On October 28, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard the Terra satellite captured this image as Mount Etna emitted a faint plume of volcanic ash that blew westward away from the summit.