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Magma versus Lava – The difference

Posted on 14/09/2016 (21/12/2024) by Etna Excursions

Did you know that .. Lava is not the same as magma. We often use the terms interchangeably. In fact, there is a differentiation. The red-hot magma masses are located under the earth’s crust. Inside of Mount Etna there are 3 magma chambers. The largest of the three is 30 km in the deep, the […]

Etna eruption: continuing activities – July 2014

Posted on 25/07/2014 (21/12/2024) by Etna Excursions

Continues the effusive activity of the two new twin cones. Eruptive activity continues unabated on the top of Mount Etna, in the central-south of the volcano, where about 30 days ago have formed two small cones with effusive activity from lava, explosions, explosions and so very active. The two cones, being positioned at a distance […]

Etna update – 12 April 2014 – Eruption

Posted on 12/03/2014 (20/12/2024) by Etna Excursions

12.04.2012 In the afternoon of the 12th April 2012, it came at the New Southeast Crater of Mount Etna once an outbreak, the 24th since the start of the eruptive phase, in January 2011 and the 6th in the current year. The event was after a interval of 10 days of relative calm and was like […]

Mt. Etna update – Eruption 2014

Posted on 24/02/2014 (21/12/2024) by Etna Excursions

Read what happened at the moment on Mount Etna. We report on outbreaks, tremor and scientific knowledge. We show and explain to you video footage, pictures and seismographic records. ——————————- update 23.04.2012 In den späten Abendstunden des 23. April 2012 ist wieder einmal zu einer kurzen Aktivität des “Neuen Süd-Ost Kraters” gegeben. Die 25. in Folge seit Januar 2011 und […]

Etna update – 01. April 2012 – Eruption

Posted on 01/04/2012 (21/12/2024) by Etna Excursions

update April 01, 2012 Every 14 days again … In the early morning hours of 1 April 2012, there was a new episode of lava fountaining from the “new South-East Crater” (New CSE) of Mount Etna, this year now in its fifth times. Also this time it came to high lava fountains, several milesfrom a high column […]