Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupted once again on Tuesday, February 16.

We collected every angle we could find of the blast. Thread.

Some of the most viral images look like this: Mount Etna’s orange smoke spews over towns on the island of Sicily, Italy.

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This is called an eruption cloud.

It’s made of superheated gases, ash, and a material called tephra, which is a combination of rock fragments and particles.

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From this angle, you can see how high and far the smoke travelled.

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The smoke was visible from the largest city near the volcano: Catania, less than an hour away by car.

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Mount Etna is a stratovolcano.

That means it’s steep, cone-shaped, and usually has a crater at the summit.

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It’s made of volcanic rock, basalt, and rhyolite, a material that is similar to granite.

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Eruptions usually begin with smoke and ash, and then, thick lava.

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Watch. https://www.insider.com/mount-etna-explosion-every-angle-2021-2