Etna Archives

The “Fire October” at Piano Provenzana

Posted on 27/10/2024 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The end of October is always a special moment on Mount Etna. Not only because the autumn season gives its best, with unique colours and scents, but also because it celebrates an important anniversary. That of the “perfect eruption”. This eruption that occurred in October 2002 was among the most powerful ever recorded on the […]

“I am a lucky man”: meeting volcanologist Dr Marco Neri

Posted on 21/10/2024 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Dr. Marco Neri, of the Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Catania (INGV), considers himself “a lucky man”. And twice lucky, for living where he lives – at the foot of Mount Etna – and for the work he does, which he considers “a continuous emotion”. This quiet gentleman, with kind blue eyes, has a […]

Zafferana Etnea

Posted on 14/10/2024 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Zafferana Etnea is “the Gateway to Etna”. This town of just over 9,000 inhabitants, located 600 meters above sea level on the eastern slopes of the volcano, is in fact the starting point for almost all excursions to Mount Etna. And it is also the place from which you can admire the most spectacular eruptions. […]

Crater Voragine: the highest peak on Etna

Posted on 07/10/2024 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Since September it is official, also supported by data collected “on the field”: Crater Voragine (CVOR) is now the highest peak of Mount Etna having reached 3,403 meters above sea level. A record growth that this crater obtained through a series of incredible paroxysms, spectacular and violent as typical of this vent. Its tip has […]

Mount Etna’s North-East Crater roars again

Posted on 30/09/2024 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

By now on Mount Etna it’s a game of poker. The four summit craters all seem to be simultaneously engaged in an extraordinary (in the sense of beautiful!) activity that, in turn, involves them all. After the spectacular years, the South-East crater has gone to rest and in its place the mighty Voragine has set […]