Under a raging moon.
On the 5th of may several spectacular moments combined to the beautiful picture taken by @etnaboris (Twitter / Flickr).
We had the "supermoon". This just means that two phenomenae joined, making the moon appear bigger than usual. The moon is on a slightly elliptical path around earth. Now what happened is that full moon and the moon passing earth on the closest point on this ellipsis coincide.
But that isn't enough! The volcano Etna on sicily was actively producing a gas plume rising into the sky. Check out Boris' story to his picture "Under a Raging Moon".
http://bit.ly/IUdPuT
-JSD
Under A Raging Moon
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Listen: Roger Daltrey - Under A Raging Moon (1986) The much hyped "super moon" during the night of 5-6 May 2012 did not bring any noticeable increase in seismic and volcanic activity worldwide, and also Etna refrained from producing its next episode of lava fountaining (paroxysm) on this ...
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We had the "supermoon". This just means that two phenomenae joined, making the moon appear bigger than usual. The moon is on a slightly elliptical path around earth. Now what happened is that full moon and the moon passing earth on the closest point on this ellipsis coincide.
But that isn't enough! The volcano Etna on sicily was actively producing a gas plume rising into the sky. Check out Boris' story to his picture "Under a Raging Moon".
http://bit.ly/IUdPuT
-JSD
Under A Raging Moon
www.flickr.com
Listen: Roger Daltrey - Under A Raging Moon (1986) The much hyped "super moon" during the night of 5-6 May 2012 did not bring any noticeable increase in seismic and volcanic activity worldwide, and also Etna refrained from producing its next episode of lava fountaining (paroxysm) on this ...
via The Earth Story's Facebook Wall
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