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   February 23, 2023 - Sicily   
      
      Sicily   
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      The triangular-shaped island of Sicily sits at the heart of the   
      Mediterranean Sea, positioned roughly 100 miles (160 km) north of   
      Tunisia, in north Africa, and just 2 miles (3 km) from the southern tip   
      of mainland Italy. This strategic location has placed the   
      Mediterranean’s largest island at the crossroads of history for many   
      thousands of years and through a variety of civilizations. The island   
      has been inhabited for at least 10,000 years.   
      
      On February 22, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      Sicily surrounded by the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea, colored   
      in green, and the highest peaks topped with winter snow.   
      
      In the east, a light gray plume can be seen rising from Sicily’s most   
      iconic feature, Mount Etna, and blowing towards the southeast over the   
      Mediterranean. Standing at 3,329 meters high (10,922 feet), the volcano   
      is in almost continuous eruption. In late November 2022 a new fissure   
      vent opened on Etna’s southeast crater, permitting lava to flow and   
      beginning a new effusive eruption. On February 8, 2023, the volcano   
      observatory in Catania released a bulletin for aviation services   
      mentioning that the effusive eruption at the summit craters had ended.   
      Low level activity above background levels have continued, with very   
      little ash emission. The light gray plume captured in this image is   
      likely primarily volcanic gases with little ash.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 2/22/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (159.2 KB),  500m (401.4 KB),  250m (711.6   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-02-23   
       
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