One of the four virgin martyrs celebrated in the Catholic calendar of saints, Saint Agatha was arrested during the persecution of Decius in 251. Tortured for her beauty and tempted to violate her chastity, Agatha was eventually martyred.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden designated two California sites — a swathe of desert significant to native tribes and a dormant volcano — as national monuments on Tuesday, advancing his record of conserving more U.S. areas than any predecessor.
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Satellite picture of the Etna volcano erupting in eastern Sicily (Italy) in December 2018.
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Recorded during 2024, this year-spanning series of images
reveals a pattern
in the seasonal drift of the Sun’s daily motion
through planet Earth’s sky
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Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
Residents of several nearby villages were evacuated, with many houses left burned and damaged.
Read MoreThe volcano’s snowcap begins forming on Oct. 2 on average, and last year snow was first detected there on Oct. 5.
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On New Zealand’s North Island, a conical snow-capped volcano ringed by dark green forest rises above dairy pasture. The often-snowcapped peak of Mount Taranaki is the centerpiece of Egmont National Park. A circular piece of land—with a 9.6-kilometer (6-mile) radius from the volcano’s summit—was first formally protected as a forest reserve in 1881. With some subsequent additions, it became New Zealand’s second national park in 1900.
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Why does Saturn appear so big?
It doesn’t — what is pictured are foreground clouds on
Earth
crossing in front of the
Moon
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Fernandina Volcano, Galapagos –>
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