Eruptive Mt. Etna Quiets Down

mount-etna-110502-02 — (Image credit: Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon/NASA)

After a brief spurt of activity on April 9th and 10th, 2011, Mount Etna is relatively quiet again, according to a NASA statement.

Except for a thin ribbon of fresh lava, pristine snow covers the summit of the volcano in this natural-color satellite image. In addition to lava and ash (now hidden beneath snow), the eruption generated small pyroclastic flows.

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