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Smoke Plume from Mt. Etna

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2024-02-28 12:00:00
February 28, 2002

Italy’s snow-capped Mount Etna was sending a faint, thin smoke plume emanating eastward on February 28, 2002. This true-color image was acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), flying aboard the Orbview-2 satellite.

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Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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