Yes, a rare Sunday post, mostly because I'm not sure I'll have a time tomorrow morning for a post as it will be the first day of the new semester at Denison ~ I'm sure I will have students breaking down my door with questions/requests/demands and all the great stuff that comes with the start of the semester. Actually, the start of the semester isn't that bad, it does mean work will be picking up again, but at least you enter with a bunch of new students.
Today's post centers on two new images posted by the NASA Earth Observatory.
The first is from last week's eruption at Mt. Etna. The MODIS on Terra captured a shot of the white/light grey plume from Etna streaming off to the east. If you click on the main image to the larger image from the eruption, one thing that struck me is just ...