Eruption Archives

The rocky beaches of Stazzo and St Tecla

Posted on 03/01/2022 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Stazzo and St Tecla are seaside villages that belong to the town of Acireale. The wide territory of this municipality makes these villages rise a few kilometers away from the main town. They almost look independent towns themselves. From Stazzo, you see Acireale so far away! But centuries of history and a common geography do […]

New Year’s Day at Ragabo Refuge, Etna

Posted on 27/12/2021 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Enjoy New Year’s Day in a special way. Or, if not that very day, enjoy the beginning of the new year 2022 with a nice experience in the snow of the woods around Ragabo Refuge. This lovely hut-shaped building, looking so much like a alpine house, fits perfectly into the high pine trees forest, in […]

The “ghost” of Serracozzo

Posted on 06/12/2021 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

It is not easy to get to Grotto of Serracozzo, on the north-east side of Mt Etna. When you get there, then, you shall come to terms with … its “ghost”. Do not be scared, though. It is a very nice ghost that will leave you speechless for sure. But not for fear, for so […]

Ognina, Catania and its lava cliff

Posted on 29/11/2021 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

When you arrive in Catania on a cruise ship, or when – even better – you glide towards the airport, you will surely admire the expanses of black rock along the city’s waterfront. A first taste of the volcanic landscape that you will see if you take an excursion on Mount Etna. You can do […]

Etna eruption October 23, update

Posted on 24/10/2021 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption that began at dawn on 23 October 2021 ended around 11 am with further spectacular changes on top of Mount Etna. Below are parts of the report released by volcanologists regarding the episode: A sequence of very strong explosions took place, which generated visible pressure waves, followed by the resumption of ash emission. […]