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Mount Etna eruption lights up Sicilian sky
BBC ^
| 26 October 2013
| unattributed
Posted on 10/28/2013 8:58:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
An eruption by Europe's most active volcano has sent a tower of sparks and fire into the sky around it.
The plume of ash rising from Mount Etna can be seen across much of eastern Sicily. Its eruptions are not infrequent, but the last major one occurred in 1992.
The nearest airport and airspace were forced to close temporarily but none of the villages on the slopes of the mountain have been forced to evacuate so far.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; mountetna; sicily; volcano
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posted on
10/28/2013 8:58:37 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: gleeaikin; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
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posted on
10/28/2013 8:58:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
No pic?
I feel cheated
heh
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:00:22 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: SunkenCiv
Spewing lava into the air always made me cringe
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:01:09 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
I’ve had nightmares about these things since I was a kid. Dunno if seeing one up close will help that.
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:02:10 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: GeronL
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:04:22 PM PDT
by
caww
To: SunkenCiv
Obama blames Congressional Republicans.
To: caww
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:05:17 PM PDT
by
caww
To: GeronL
There’s a video at the linky.
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:05:42 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: caww
The idea of lava landing on me gives me the heebie jeebies
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:06:31 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: caww
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:07:30 PM PDT
by
caww
To: GeronL
Are you close to a volcano?
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:08:03 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:08:53 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
Not even within a 1,000 miles I hope.
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:12:04 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
It is the 14th time Mount Etna has erupted this year...... Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano could see the spectacle from space and tweeted a series of photos from the International Space Station
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:12:24 PM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
I never said it was a rational fear
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:12:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: caww
I assume the gray smoke driven by the wind is the volcano?
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:13:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: SunkenCiv; a fool in paradise
There goes the Pompeii neighbourhood!
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:13:18 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: caww
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:14:03 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: GeronL
Well then no chance you need to be concerned....besides you could out run one at that distance away!lol...
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posted on
10/28/2013 9:14:36 PM PDT
by
caww
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