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Smoke rings in the sky
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
|Issue 74
In April, videos were filmed of Mount Etna, a volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, puffing what looked like smoke rings into the sky.
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The rings are formed when gases are shot out of a volcano through a vent (opening) that is roughly circular. Around 80% of the ring is water vapour, while the rest is carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. After the gases have escaped
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