Europe’s Copernicus Earth-observing mission Sentinel-2 captured a hanging picture of Italy’s Stromboli volcano lower than 5 hours after it erupted early on Oct. 9.
The picture, processed in true colours, reveals lava pouring into the ocean and big plumes of smoke and ash rising above the volcano. The eruption prompted the partial collapse of the volcano’s crater terrace, in accordance with a statement (opens in new tab) from the European Area Company (ESA), and prompted the Italian civil safety authorities to lift an orange alert because of the persisting “state of affairs of enhanced volcano imbalance.”
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The Stromboli volcano and its namesake island are positioned in southern Italy, simply off the northern tip of the island of Sicily within the Tyrrhenian Sea. About 300 full-time inhabitants dwell on the island, most within the village of Ginostra, which is marked within the satellite picture to the southwest of the volcanic cone.
The volcano has been erupting continuously throughout the previous 90 years making it one of the vital lively volcanoes on the planet.
On the identical day when the newest eruption began, the Sentinel-2 satellite additionally noticed “hot areas” on the Mount Etna (opens in new tab) volcano in Sicily, which is positioned solely about 60 miles (100 kilometers) away from Stromboli. The satellites detected a sizzling plume however no lava erupting from Etna, which is as lively as Stromboli. In Could 2021, the 2 volcanoes erupted on the identical day, suggesting a hyperlink between the 2 might exist, though scientists believe that the 2 volcanoes are separate, unconnected methods, every with its personal sample of erupting and magma technology.
The Sentinel-2 mission consists of the Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B Earth commentary satellites which, in flip, are a part of the Copernicus Program run by the European Union and ESA. The Sentinel-5P satellite was concerned in assessing the scale of the latest Nord Stream gasoline pipeline leak.
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