Etna again alive

2011/01/18 Kortabitarte Egiguren, Irati - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Geologia

In this image, collected by the Envisat satellite of the ESA, we see the column of smoke provoked by the Etna. Image taken on January 11.

Volcanic activity increased dramatically the following day and reached its peak on January 12 at night. The cloud of ashes emitted by the eruption of this Sicilian volcano reached a height of hundreds of meters.

Image: Image: ESA ESA