Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano, erupted. During the eruption, ‘volcanic lightning’, a very rare natural phenomenon, occurred.
The past few months have been quite literally for volcanoes in different parts of the Earth. ‘active’ passed. About 5 months ago, the Cumbre Vieja volcano in Spain exploded, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, but ended last month and became the owner of the title of the biggest eruption in 375 years.
A month ago, Wolf Volcano, the largest volcano of the Galapagos Islands, erupted; Again, a tsunami occurred with the explosion of the Hunga Tonga volcanic system in the South Pacific one month ago and thousands of barrels of oil leaked into the ocean. While the effects of these volcanic disasters still continue, a new outbreak occurred late on Thursday, February 10th. volcanic eruption happened.
Mount Etna erupted
Etna volcano in Italy, the highest volcano in Europe with an altitude of 3,300 meters, exploded. Formed in the sky during the eruption of Mount Etna, known as one of the most active volcanoes in the world. volcanic lightning drew attention.
After the explosion, Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said in a statement that the ash and smoke caused by the volcanic eruption occurred in the southeast crater. 8 kilometersreported so far. Fortunately, there was no loss of life or property in the explosion. did not happen.
Volcanic lightning is extremely rare.
Boris Behncke, who works as a volcanologist at the institute, stated that volcanic lightning that occurs during volcanic eruptions is observed in very violent eruptions or volcanic eruptions close to the sea. Volcanic lightning strikes rare Benchke, who added that it is a natural phenomenon seen in the world, noted that this event was last observed in 2015 and 2021.
On the other hand, why and how volcanic lightning occurs is still not fully understood. Although the volcanic lightning caused by the friction of the charged particles in the ash cloud formed in the explosion, of electricity Although it is thought to cause the cause, the exact cause is not known yet. Unfortunately, volcanic lightning could not be caught in the impressive videos from the eruption.
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