Italy’s Mt. Etna unleashed a spasm of volcanic activity on April 10, 2011. Ash, lava, and gas were all released from the episode which lasted through the course of the day.
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.
In mid-January 2011, Europe’s largest and most active volcano, Mount Etna, rumbled with new energy and lit up the Sicilian night with a fountain of lava.