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Etna Volcano in Sicily erupting on October 30, 2002.   This image was taken from the International Space Station. Ash from the summit plume traveled as far as Libya, 350 miles away. Smoke on the north slope of the 11,000-foot-high volcano is from burning pine trees ignited by a major lava flow.

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