"Mount Etna's Rare and Spectacular Volcanic Vortex Rings Captured in Photos and Videos"

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"Mount Etna's Rare and Spectacular Volcanic Vortex Rings Captured in Photos and Videos"
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Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, recently produced near-perfect rings of gas and vapor, known as "volcanic vortex rings," through the rapid release of gas and vapors from a newly formed crater. These rings, composed mostly of water vapor, resemble smoke rings and are not particularly rare phenomena for the prolific volcano.

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