Leonardo da Vinci and Mount Etna
Leonardo da Vinci and Mount Etna. What does it mean? Has the great Florentine genius ever really been to our volcano to the point of studying it and being fascinated by it? It must…
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Etna: new paroxysmal phase
Mount Etna has entered a new paroxysmal phase, as is usual for this perpetually active volcano, accustomed to “changing its attitude” from time to time. The episodes characterized by small explosions, with lively lava…
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Can you see Mt Etna from Malta? (how, where, when)
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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Etna Eruption 2025: a brand new lava flow
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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Etna: the eruption is going to end, but …
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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Eruption from Bocca Nuova: updating
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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Etna, new eruption between craters South East and Bocca Nuova
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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Rituals for Good Luck: from burning branches to fireworks
In a short time, the first hour of the New Year will strike, with the twelve strokes of midnight, and everyone - wherever we are, whatever our beliefs - will celebrate this event with…
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Mount Etna, a November eruption in the clouds
It took advantage of it, as often happens, away from prying eyes, behind the clouds of November storms. Mount Etna, which loves to surprise, started an eruption on the morning of November 10 while…
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Volcanoes: Gates of Hell
Are volcanoes the gates of hell? For many centuries, this is how people and popular belief have considered them. A natural fear, given by the view of a mountain capable of spitting fire from…
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