11/16/2005: Etna erupting via the ISS

Undertoad · 11-16-2005, 07:10 PM

Mount Etna erupting - did someone suggset this? I think so but I've lost the note. I always do that, not on purpose.

This is one of ten of the International Space Station's best images from space, for the last five years, according to this NASA ISS image collection.

At that site, there's also a wonderful shot of Frisco Bay breathing silt. Quite good. And a Los Angeles at night shot, similar to the famous world-at-night images we've come to enjoy. Recommended.

BigV · 11-16-2005, 07:18 PM

Thank goodness. For a minute, I thought I'd gone blind--I couldn't see the IotD. Now it's clear that I couldn't see the time...

From space? How high? Wow. Look at the bright sun shining down on everything. Everything except the poor saps in the shadow of the plume. They probably think "Armageddon".

xoxoxoBruce · 11-16-2005, 07:54 PM

10 very nice pictures.
LAX and Disneyland really stand out in the LA at night picture.

Undertoad · 11-16-2005, 09:45 PM

Here's a slightly larger version, sized from their massive one. Beaut.

Trilby · 11-17-2005, 01:05 AM

Zits!

glatt · 11-17-2005, 08:03 AM

We need to have a talk with Mother Nature. She's the worst polluter there is...

Amazing image.

capnhowdy · 11-17-2005, 08:31 AM

Don't screw with Mother Nature, unless you want frizzy hair.

I bet that cloud of silt is at least 5 miles high.

floki · 11-17-2005, 02:05 PM

Supposedly the same incident, this time with a wider angle view, already featured here on the cellar: 1/22/2003: Etna from ISS.

Other amazing shots:

11-16-2005, 07:10 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/16/2005: Etna erupting via the ISS Mount Etna erupting - did someone suggset this? I think so but I've lost the note. I always do that, not on purpose. This is one of ten of the International Space Station's best images from space, for the last five years, according to this NASA ISS image collection. At that site, there's also a wonderful shot of Frisco Bay breathing silt. Quite good. And a Los Angeles at night shot, similar to the famous world-at-night images we've come to enjoy. Recommended.

11-16-2005, 07:18 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Thank goodness. For a minute, I thought I'd gone blind--I couldn't see the IotD. Now it's clear that I couldn't see the time... From space? How high? Wow. Look at the bright sun shining down on everything. Everything except the poor saps in the shadow of the plume. They probably think "Armageddon". __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-16-2005, 07:54 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	10 very nice pictures. LAX and Disneyland really stand out in the LA at night picture. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-17-2005, 01:05 AM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Zits! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-17-2005, 08:31 AM	#7
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Don't screw with Mother Nature, unless you want frizzy hair. I bet that cloud of silt is at least 5 miles high. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-16-2005, 09:45 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Here's a slightly larger version, sized from their massive one. Beaut.

11-17-2005, 08:03 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We need to have a talk with Mother Nature. She's the worst polluter there is... Amazing image.

11-17-2005, 02:05 PM	#8
floki slacking Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 31	Other shots Supposedly the same incident, this time with a wider angle view, already featured here on the cellar: 1/22/2003: Etna from ISS. Other amazing shots: APOD: Himalayan Horizon From Space EPOD: Top of the World

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