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Underground Catania … a walk through ancient lavas

Posted on 27/06/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Tourists come to Sicily to admire many things, including two unmissable ones: the sea and Mount Etna. They would very much like to be able to experience the volcano while it is in full swing and, even if with fear, they often wonder what it feels like to be “inside” an eruption. The good news […]

Explaining Etna’s new eruption which has just ended

Posted on 16/06/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The last weird eruption of Mount Etna ended like that … suddenly, on June 12th. Exactly one month after its beginning, on 12th May. Then, the north flank of the South East Crater split in several places, letting out a long lava flow. “Weird” eruption not because it was unexpected or anomalous but because the […]

The most dangerous volcano in Sicily is …

Posted on 12/06/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Sicily is a land of volcanoes: active, sleeping, extinct … there are so many! Of course we do know the most famous ones: Mount Etna, Mount Stromboli and the island of Vulcano. We usually do not think of the “others”, especially underwater ones: they are six, at least, and very close to the Sicilian coasts. […]

Eruption update: Etna keeps on breaking on the east side

Posted on 07/06/2022 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

INGV ———- RELEASE OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY of 7 June 2022 — ETNA The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Etneo Observatory, reports that new fractures have been observed at the base of the northern wall of the Valle del Bove, in the Serracozzo area. From the further downstream part of this fracture system, lava is […]

Mountain Bike Trails on Mt Etna

Posted on 06/06/2022 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If every now and then, walking through the woods of Mount Etna, you see a path apparently demolished, do not come to quick wrong conclusions. Take a good look. You will see that maybe it is just a path created naturally by dry branches, fallen leaves and some wooden boards to delimit its perimeter. What […]