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Mount Etna

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Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high, though this varies with summit eruptions. It is the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km2 (459 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius.
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Image size
2480x1655px 1012.1 KB
Make
SONY
Model
ILCE-7R
Shutter Speed
1/200 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
50 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Sep 5, 2017, 11:39:37 AM
Sensor Size
11mm
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AliceSacco's avatar
Is a former shield volcano that has later become a stratovolcano. For a while it was just a bit less powerful than Vesuvius and had plinian eruptions.

From those photos, it seems an alien world.