Mount Etna In Europe Has Grown 100 Feet Taller In Just Six Months
The youngest and the most active crater of Mount Etna, the southeastern crater is now the tallest part of the volcano that has risen to 11,013 feet or around 3,357 above sea level.
Europe's tallest and most active volcano, Mount Etna has actually managed to grow around 100 feet (30 metres) in height over the last six months.
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This is according to the Natural Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) (reported first by LiveScience) that has revealed that constant eruption of the volcanic mountain has resulted in this rather sudden growth over the past year.
The youngest and the most active crater of Mount Etna, the southeastern crater is now the tallest part of the volcano that has risen to 11,013 feet or around 3,357 above sea level. According to researchers, this has been the tallest it has ever been in the history of its records.
The mountain has had 50 eruptions at the aforementioned creator since February 16, 2021, which has resulted in a conspicuous transformation of the shape of the volcano.
Scientists discovered the growth while looking at images taken by the Earth-imaging Pl¨¦iades satellites on July 13 and July 25, 2021, where the data showed an uncertainty of around 10 feet.
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The southeastern crater has grown so much now that it¡¯s taller than its older sibling, the northeastern crater which was the tallest peak on Etna for the last four decades. This was the result of a massive eruption that took place in 1980 and 1981, reaching a maximum height of 10,990 feet or around 3,326 metres.
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Scientists believe that Mount Etna actually started as a submarine volcano (underwater) and with every eruption, increasing its size layer by layer. Today it¡¯s covered with lava flows from eruptions going back nearly 300,000 years ago.
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