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			Photo #: ISS002-E-8683 Date: na 2001 Geographic Region: SICILY Feature: MOUNT ETNA, SMOKE PLUME



	When this southward-looking photograph was taken by the Expedition 2 crew aboard the International Space Station, the city of Catania (in shadow, ~25 km SSE of the volcano) was covered by a layer of ash and Fontanarossa International Airport was closed. On that day an ash cloud was reported to have reached a maximum height of ~5.2 km. Plumes from two sources are visible here--a dense, darker mass from one of the three summit craters and a lighter, lower one. The record of historical volcanism of Mt. Etna is one of the longest in the world, dating back to 1500 BC. Two styles of activity are typical: explosive eruptions, sometimes with minor lava flows, from the summit craters and flank eruptions from fissures.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 61k
Mission:	ISS002
Roll - Frame:	E - 8683
Geographical Name:	SICILY
Features:	MOUNT ETNA, SMOKE PLUME
Center Lat x Lon:	38.0N x 15.0E
Film Exposure:		N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	E2
Camera Tilt:		LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	70
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:		The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:		Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:
Date:	2001____	YYYYMMDD
Time:		GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:		Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:		nautical miles
Sun Elevation:		Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	VOLCANO
Water Views:
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AIRPORT
City Views:	CATANIA

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