The Copernicus Sentinel-2 space mission, from the European Space Agency (ESA), has captured an impressive image of the eruption of Mount Etna on June 2nd, 2025, when a huge column of ash, gas, and rocks suddenly exploded from Europe's largest active volcano.
Numerous tourists in the area had to quickly flee after the roar of the Sicilian volcano, with no reported injuries. The smoke column reached a height of 6.5 kilometers.
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and although it erupts frequently, the eruption that occurred this week is the most significant since 2014, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Observatory. The observatory reported that preliminary observations show a partial collapse of the northern flank of the volcano's southeast crater.