Satellites monitor Mount Etna's unpredictable behavior
Published Date: 4/9/2021
Source: phys.org
Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has recently been on explosive form, with 17 eruptions in less than three months. Instruments onboard three different satellites orbiting Earth have acquired imagery of the eruptions—revealing the intensity of the lava-fountaining eruptive episodes, known as paroxysms.