Mount Etna Is Making It Rain Rocks

There’s nothing like some casual rock precipitation to make you glad you packed your umbrella.

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Erupting volcano blows unbelievably perfect smoke rings

Erupting volcano blows unbelievably perfect smoke rings

Think you’re cool cause you can blow o’s when you smoke? Mother Nature has still got you beat. Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy took a little break from erupting to blow O-shaped smoke rings hundreds of feet in diameter to make every smoker and pot head in the world jealous. Just look at it. It’s perfect!

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Why Does This Image of the Mount Etna Volcano Eruption from Space Look So Weird?

Because Earth can sometimes look like an Impressionist painting from space, NASA added colors to the Mount Etna volcano eruption to separate what from what. The false-color image combines shortwave infrared, near-infrared and green light in the RGB channels. It looks like Earth on acid. More »