1/22/2003: Etna from ISS

Undertoad · 01-22-2003, 01:07 PM

This Astronomy Pic of the Day beaut is a few weeks old in the queue. It's Mt. Etna, as seen from the International Space Station last fall.

It's striking, partly because we rarely get aerial views like this, space-height views. The APoD has a LARGER version available which is just huge; about 3000x2000 and about a megabyte in size. I took that version and cropped out just the volcano and a section of plume:

By my extremely rough calculations, that image is about 50 miles square. (Interestingly, the whiter smoke at the bottom is coming from forest fires, not the volcano.)

This is actually our fourth Etna-related image. Over a year ago we had a satellite view of the same kind of thing, but this eruption was a little bigger it seems... some of the ash from it landed in Libya.

Following that satellite image, HB pointed out that Etna was in severe violation of the Kyoto protocol, and the 50 miles square tells you just how much. A lot. This is one dirty smokestack.

Elspode · 01-22-2003, 02:32 PM

Outstanding pics, Toad. Thanks!

I'm a major space freak...you can't show enough astro pics/satellite pics to suit me.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-22-2003, 03:45 PM

Having seen Mt St Helen blow, be asured, it ain't as pretty from the ground.

Slight · 01-22-2003, 05:47 PM

HEY BRUCE, STOP YELLING

Quote:

(Interestingly, the whiter smoke at the bottom is coming from forest fires, not the volcano.)

Toad, Do you think the forest fires might have been started by the volcano?

I'm not so dumb after all.

Uryoces · 01-23-2003, 12:09 PM

Mt. St. Helens got me out of 5th grade after it blew on May 25th. It left a covering of ash over SW Washington. My mom was stranded in Portland for a few days because the the Toutle River bridge in Kelso was in danger of being washed out by the mudflows.

I'd never seen a mushroom cloud before that day. It makes you feel very small.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2003, 08:08 AM

It's my keyboard and I'll type as long and as large as I want.

Drydock · 01-24-2003, 02:18 PM

i'm wondering... if maybe... The forest fires started the volcano!!!

Uryoces · 01-24-2003, 02:25 PM

It's not the SIZE of the font, it's what you do with it. Small caps looks cool under the right circumstances:

MT. SAINT HELENS: It's dusty there.

99 44/100% pure · 01-24-2003, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Having seen Mt St Helen blow, be asured, it ain't as pretty from the ground.

I kinda like the large, easier-to-read font (I'm blind as a bat), but y'know, the bigger the font, the more glaring the spelling and grammar errors.

Cam · 01-24-2003, 07:51 PM

Yeah but you can always change the font size on your own computer.

01-22-2003, 01:07 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/22/2003: Etna from ISS This Astronomy Pic of the Day beaut is a few weeks old in the queue. It's Mt. Etna, as seen from the International Space Station last fall. It's striking, partly because we rarely get aerial views like this, space-height views. The APoD has a LARGER version available which is just huge; about 3000x2000 and about a megabyte in size. I took that version and cropped out just the volcano and a section of plume: By my extremely rough calculations, that image is about 50 miles square. (Interestingly, the whiter smoke at the bottom is coming from forest fires, not the volcano.) This is actually our fourth Etna-related image. Over a year ago we had a satellite view of the same kind of thing, but this eruption was a little bigger it seems... some of the ash from it landed in Libya. Following that satellite image, HB pointed out that Etna was in severe violation of the Kyoto protocol, and the 50 miles square tells you just how much. A lot. This is one dirty smokestack.

01-22-2003, 02:32 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Outstanding pics, Toad. Thanks! I'm a major space freak...you can't show enough astro pics/satellite pics to suit me. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-23-2003, 12:09 PM	#5
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	Mt. St. Helens got me out of 5th grade after it blew on May 25th. It left a covering of ash over SW Washington. My mom was stranded in Portland for a few days because the the Toutle River bridge in Kelso was in danger of being washed out by the mudflows. I'd never seen a mushroom cloud before that day. It makes you feel very small. Last edited by Uryoces; 01-23-2003 at 12:21 PM.

01-24-2003, 02:18 PM	#7
Drydock Lead Subordinate Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 15	does correlation mean causation? i'm wondering... if maybe... The forest fires started the volcano!!!

01-24-2003, 07:51 PM	#10
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	Yeah but you can always change the font size on your own computer. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

01-22-2003, 03:45 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Having seen Mt St Helen blow, be asured, it ain't as pretty from the ground.

01-24-2003, 08:08 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's my keyboard and I'll type as long and as large as I want.

01-24-2003, 02:25 PM	#8
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	It's not the SIZE of the font, it's what you do with it. Small caps looks cool under the right circumstances: MT. SAINT HELENS: It's dusty there.

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