News from Mount Etna
Volcano updates and news from Catania and Sicily: we keep you posted on the latest from Mount Etna.
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Mount Etna has been used, in recent times, for many important projects. Astronauts train here before space missions, videos of various singers and dancers fascinated by the “lunar” landscape are shot here. Famous people…
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Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe but it is also one of the highest mountains in the Mediterranean. This is proven by the fact that it is visible from almost every corner…
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Mount Etna is not only a large active volcano but also an immense territory that “feeds” on lava and climate. Thanks to the mix of these elements (the lava soil, the sun, the underground…
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Today Mount Etna is a highly touristic place. A volcano that, despite being continuously active, allows humans to exploit and enjoy it at their leisure. The establishment of the Regional Park, in the 1980s,…
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No, it wasn't over yet. It never is until Etna decides so. In the last hours of February 23, the eruptive activity triggered by the fracture at the base of Bocca Nuova Crater -…
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Twelve days after the start of the effusive eruption on Mount Etna, it seems that everything is about to end. The phenomenon started from a fracture at the base of the Bocca Nuova crater…
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We know that the name “Etna” comes from an ancient Greek word “aithne” which means “heat, burn”. Today we know that an entire territory, almost as large as a province, takes its name from…
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Seven days have passed since the start of the new eruption of Mount Etna, triggered by a fracture at the base of the Bocca Nuova crater (although fed by the South East conduit), which…
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The bad weather that has been persisting for three days in Eastern Sicily is blocking the view of this new eruption, which began on February 8th on the western side of Mt Etna. Therefore,…
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Mount Etna back to activity on the night between February 8th and 9th. Not really a surprise, this time, given that in recent days the volcano had made itself felt with several seismic shocks…
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