WATCH: Mount Etna puffs giant smoke rings in 'extraordinary' phenomenon
(THE TELEGRAPH) -- Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, is delighting tourists and locals by blowing almost perfect circles of smoke into the blue skies over Sicily. Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, has been blowing spectacular 'smoke rings' into the sky. https://t.co/Apxh58wNBV pic.twitter.com/4bwTqRgYUe — Sky News (@SkyNews) April 6, 2024 The smoke…
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Mount Etna in Sicily blows giant smoke rings in April 2024
(THE TELEGRAPH) -- Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, is delighting tourists and locals by blowing almost perfect circles of smoke into the blue skies over Sicily.
Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, has been blowing spectacular 'smoke rings' into the sky. https://t.co/Apxh58wNBV pic.twitter.com/4bwTqRgYUe
— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 6, 2024
The smoke circles, known as volcanic vortex rings, are actually made of condensed gases and water vapour. They form when gases rise up from deep below the earth and escape inside the crater of a volcano.
Mount Etna blowing smoke rings
— Richard Bernabe (@bernabephoto) April 6, 2024
Mount Etna is one of a handful of volcanoes around the world that produces the rings, and does so prolifically, but the latest emissions are exceptional, scientists say.
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