Etna goes on with the sixth paroxysm
Sixth paroxysm of Mt. Etna, as everyone expected and hoped for. Less than 24 hours later, after the paroxysm of the night between 22 and 23 February 2021, Etna resumes the show. Now it…
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Mount Etna Show, as you had never seen it before
"We volcanologists of long experience were just watching in amazement ...." These words of Dr. Boris Behncke are good enough to describe and make us understand what the paroxysm of Mt. Etna on February…
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Etna, paroxysm number five
Without brakes, but with a now constant pace, Mount Etna continues its daily eruptions. In the late evening of today, Monday 22 February 2021, the volcano thunders again in the dark. The INGV press…
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Fourth paroxysm of Etna and a 4-hole eruption
As widely predicted by the Institute of Volcanology of Catania, Mount Etna had not yet finished to amaze and a new paroxysm was waiting after the previous three. The volcano did not betray expectations…
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Mt Etna eruption, new update
Etna gives no respite, and does not seem to have any itself. At 9 am on February 19, the volcano becomes restless to the point that the Institute of Volcanology immediately goes into alert.…
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Night of fire, Etna on eruption again
It was a night of fire! Yet yesterday it all seemed to be over. "She is giving us only a break" .... the volcanologists of Catania had said, however, describing the apparent state of…
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Etna, the long time expected great eruption started
The great eruption of Mount Etna, which had been expected for over a year, began at 4 pm on February 16th, 2021. First, a small lava overflow from the South East crater (SEC) and…
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Five good reasons for visiting Etna in 2021
Do not be discouraged! There will always be good reasons for visiting Mount Etna, in Sicily. Even during this Covid 19 pandemics which forces us to stay at home for some time. It is…
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Mt Etna, a new paroxysm and lava flows
On January 18th around 9:30 pm Mt. Etna surprises everyone once again and kicks off yet another unexpected paroxysm. Or rather, the volcanologists knew it would come, but the people did not. It all…
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The Sella Crater, new restless vent of Etna
Mount Etna started a new "show" between November 2020 and January 2021, as usual in a unique and charming way. It was another surprise, with phenomena and situations that attracted scientists and tourists with…
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