See rare volcanic plumes drift over Lake Michigan after eruption in Italy
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Smoke billows from a crater of Mount Etna volcano, seen from the Sicilian town of Catania, southern Italy, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)AP
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Volcanic plumes!
The particles became visible looking toward the sunset as forward scattering of sunlight increased, according to CIMSS.
Satellites later detected sulfur dioxide clouds traveling over the North Pacific and Canada as well, which they determined was likely from the Feb. 24-25 eruption of Mt. Etna in Italy.
“This is pretty incredible,” staff wrote on Facebook. “Volcanic plumes over Lake Michigan. Now that’s a rare event.”
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Photos show nearly half of Lake Superior covered in ice after latest cold stretch
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
A satellite image of Lake Superior on Feb. 16, 2021 shows nearly half the lake is ice covered. (Courtesy Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Nearly half of the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes is now ice-covered after this latest stint of deep-freeze temperatures.
“Satellites got a great view of ice on western Lake Superior today. The largest and deepest Great Lake is approaching 50% ice covered!” said staff at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.