A Cosmic Game of Ring and Bottle

As seen on Astronomy Picture Of the Day. From the photographer: “Like in a big Luna Park, nature has decided to play the ring and bottle game! Etna is the player who, thanks to its degassing activity, is enjoying throwing numerous smoke rings in sequence. The goal? To center the bottle i.e., a very narrow sickle moon. Of course, It had to try its hand at numerous attempts…actually all spectacular … until it managed to perform the perfect launch!

And here’s the 3.7 percent lunar sickle centered by a smoke ring. The view is made striking by the colors of the dawn about to rise and the evolutions of the volcanic wake with its puffs and newly formed rings. It follows the side of the volcano and then rises again into the sky amid the warm hues of the morning to come.”

Technical details:
Canon 6d, Sigma 150-600mm, f/6.3, 1/13, iso 200, distance 74 km