Mount Etna is erupting and astronauts are watching it from space

The International Space Station crew is watching the eruption of Mount Etna, a majestic volcano in the Mediterranean.

The volcano has erupted dozens of times in the past year, and members of the expedition shared their views of space.

The home volcano ofastroluca is clearly smoking and spitting lava as I learned from the news.

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Not a very clean shot since there is way too much humidity in Europe’s air at the moment but @astro_luca's home volcano #Etna is clearly smoking (and spitting lava as I learnt from the news) 🌋 pic.twitter.com/gL5uNOkZUyFebruary 12, 2022

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Recently, another eruption of Mount #Etna on the Italian island of #Sicily began. Red-hot lava flows out of the crater, and clouds of ash and smoke are in the sky over Sicily.The activity of the volcano then stops, then resumes with a series of powerful explosions 🌋 pic.twitter.com/B8JSgvJrkGFebruary 16, 2022

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On the Russian side of the space station, a cosmonaut named Shkaplerov sent a report down from the station. After the volcano stops activity, there is a series of powerful explosions.

In half a year, Mount Etna grew by 100 feet (30 meters). Natural phenomena such as volcanoes and hurricanes can be observed by astronauts from the International Space Station.

Sulfur dioxide can irritate the human respiratory system and cause asthma and other respiratory conditions if it is close to the ground.

According to the Earth Observatory, Mount Etna popped above sea level after several eruptions due to solidified lava. The lava flows on the mountain date back as far as 300,000 years ago.

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