{"id":668315,"date":"2024-04-22T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/?p=668315"},"modified":"2024-04-22T18:25:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:25:26","slug":"mount-etna-volcanic-smoke-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/mount-etna-volcanic-smoke-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Etna Blows Mesmerizing Volcanic Smoke Rings Into the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"facebook-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Q2cUGICVEhI?si=rsqByoJy5KSnuCLo\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"  style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Volcanos are fascinating geological structures. They essentially serve as vents, allowing the warmer inner materials of the Earth to emerge in flowing lava. Mount Etna, located in Sicily, is even more interesting than your average volcano though. Known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/volcanoes\/how-volcanoes-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stratovolcano<\/a> for its steep cone-shape, Mount Etna's eruptions have been watched and recorded by humans since 1500 BCE. The mountain is particularly known for producing smokey vortex rings, which look almost mythical&mdash;and the mountain has been belching these at a swift rate recently.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Etna is generally extremely active. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/article\/etna-italy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">name <em>Etna<\/em><\/a> actually may originate in the Latin and Greek words meaning &#8220;to burn,&#8221; or potentially Phoenician for &#8220;furnace.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/weather-photographer-of-the-year-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vortex rings<\/a> are Mount Etna's specialty. They are created when vents open up, allowing hot gasses, vapors, and smoke to emerge from the hotter volcanic material below. Differences in speed as the gaseous material is ejected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/planet-earth\/volcanos\/eerily-perfect-vortex-rings-keep-blowing-out-of-europes-most-active-volcano-heres-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creates a vortex<\/a>, a high speed swirl. The gaseous ring then floats off, eventually fading.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2024, Mount Etna has produced more rings than any volcano on record, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/09\/world\/europe\/smoke-rings-italy-volcano.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>. Despite this unprecedented pace, it doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean that a big explosion is on the way. For now, the hyperactivity is a mesmerizing piece of nature. Even if you&rsquo;re not in Sicily right now, you can watch the video above. <em>The Straits Times<\/em> has captured footage of the hypnotizing smoke rings floating through the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The active volcano is currently a protected <a href=\"https:\/\/parcoetna.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">park<\/a>.&nbsp;It's a <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1427\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO World Heritage site<\/a> that has a unique ecosystem on its slopes, where plants and animals live. One can explore Mount Etna via hiking trails and scenic viewpoints, and perhaps will even catch sight of a vortex ring. You can also follow the explosions and flows through a webpage maintained by <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=211060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Smithsonian<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Mount Etna, a volcano in Sicily, has been blowing out smoke rings at an unprecedented rate this month.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_668327\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-668327\" class=\"size-full wp-image-668327\" src=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Smoke_ring_above_Mount_Etna-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Mount Etna's Volcanic Smoke Rings Fascinate Viewers\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Smoke_ring_above_Mount_Etna-1.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Smoke_ring_above_Mount_Etna-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-668327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Mount Etna smoke ring in August 2023. (Photo: PSomol via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Smoke_ring_above_Mount_Etna.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>h\/t: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2024\/04\/mount-etna-vortex-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related Articles:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/weather-photographer-of-the-year-2023\/\">Cloud Rings Around a Volcano Takes Top Prize in &lsquo;Weather Photographer of the Year&rsquo; Contest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/danny-mcgee-volcano-drone-crash\/\">Videographer Shares Nerve-Wracking Footage of His Drone Crashing Into an Icelandic Volcano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/cumbre-vieja-volcano-wolfgang-bohusch\/\">Surreal Photos Reveal the Destructive Aftermath of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano Eruption<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/giant-volcano-mars\/\">Giant Volcano the Size of Mount Everest Is Discovered on Mars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volcanos are fascinating geological structures. 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