Stunning Photo: Mount Etna's Lava Snakes Through Snow
Lava snakes down the snow-covered slopes of Mount Etna in this natural-color satellite image snapped Dec. 13, 2013.
(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory)
Winter brings cooling snows to Italy's fiery Mount Etna, where tourists flock to ski resorts below the volcano's belching craters.
On Dec. 13, NASA's Landsat 8 satellite snapped lava winding down Etna's snowy slopes — the aftermath of a Dec. 2 eruption. In the image, volcanic gas puffed from Etna's New Southeast Crater, the source of spectacular lava fountains seen in recent months from nearby villages, according to NASA's Earth Observatory.
