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2001 Etna eruption satellite images and movies

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The following Landsat 7 and Terra satellite images show the area around the Etna volcano on July 13, the first day of the 2001 Etna volcano's eruption event, and July 29, near the end of Etna's activities.

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July 13, 2001,
(1024w x 767h), 200 KB, color (true),

July 29, 2001,
(1024w x 767h), 187 KB, color (true),

July 13, 2001
(1024w x 767h), 198.5 KB, False Color, Bands 7, 5, & 2

A lava flow (orange) from the north-northeast vent of Etna's southeast crater is travelling to the east. A volcanic cloud is drifting to the southeast.

July 29, 2001,
(1024w x 767h), 188.5 KB, False Color, Bands 7, 5, & 2

Several lava flows (orange) from fissures on the south flank of Etna and one flow on the northeast flank. The denser part (solid white) of the volcanic cloud is drifting to the south, while a more diffuse part is travelling to the southeast (light purple).

Description:

The two Landsat 7 scenes were both produced in true and false color, each revealing different features of Etna's activities during the 2001 eruption. The first image shows Etna volcano on July 13 in both true and false color. The true color image shows the Etna's vegetation (green pixels) in the landscape around the volcano and the bare rock surface left by old lava flows (brown pixels), all underlying the plume of smoke and ash (blue-grey pixels) streaming from Etna's main craters and 2001 vents. A bright white cloud hovers above the volcano in the July 29 scene. The false-color images reveal the rivers of lava flowing down the flanks of the Etna volcano (the bright orange ribbons radiating away from the volcano's eruptive fissure).

MPEG	July 13, 2001, (320w x 240h), 282 kb other, 2 seconds, 63 frames
MPEG	July 29, 2001, (320w x 240h), 281 kb other, 2 seconds, 63 frames
MPEG	(320w x 240h), 1.01 MB other, July 29, 2001, 7 seconds, 215 frames