Etna: its lava, its incandescent fumes

EPOD ( Earth-Science Picture Of Day ) #1 - April 13, 2021

 

DESCRIPTION:

On 16 February , at about 17:00, there was a short but violent eruption of volcano Etna. The eruption begun with an explosion followed by a massive lava fountains rising from the South-Est crater, one of the summit craters. This phase lasted just under two hours, then quickly the phenomenon decreased in intensity and after few hours the volcano went back to sleep. The picture shows the South Est crater at a time when the paroxysmal phase is over, but the lava keeps to coming out from the cracks of the crater created by the explosion . The incandescent fumes that partially cover the crater , come from the Central crater and from the other summit craters.

 

IMAGE INFORMATIONS

Data:16/02/2021 ( dd/mm/yyyy)

Time: 19:42

location:mount Etna

coordinate: 37.751N – 15.091E

 

TECHNICAL DATA

camera: Nikon D810a

camera lens: Nikon AF 180mm f/2,8 ED ( stopped at f/5.6 )

focal lenght:180mm

texp: 1/2”

Equivalent ISO: 2200

software: Photoshop, Astro Art, Neat

 

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