Etna Archives

Let’s learn something about pyroclastic flows

Posted on 28/03/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

When we talk about pyroclastic flows, two terrifying images come to mind: Mount Vesuvius in Italy and Mount Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia. We know about the first one, and the eruption that buried Pompeii, only thanks to the chronicles written in ancient times. The second, instead, erupted in 1985 and the world witnessed live […]

The lovely fox of Mount Etna

Posted on 21/03/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

You can easily meet it in spring or summer, when the mountain is full of tourists. But you can also see it in the winter, hungry and tired, looking for cuddles. The fox of Mount Etna (video here) is the last big predator of the volcano after the extinction of wolves and African dogs. But […]

The Giant of Centuripe

Posted on 14/03/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Among the most original towns that surround the great volcano Etna, Centuripe (district of Enna) is definitely worth a visit. It is not located at the immediate foot of the mountain, but offers spectacular views anyway. Especially during the most powerful eruptions. And whether you see Mount Etna in action or not, Centuripe will not […]

The Lachea Island, cradle of Mt Etna

Posted on 28/02/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Tourists who come to Aci Trezza looking for the romantic stories of 1800s novel I Malavoglia immediately fall in love with it. The Lachea island shows itself there, among the dark stacks, in front of the village’s small port. Lachea looks at Aci Trezza and Aci Trezza looks at it too, and celebrates it. The […]

Etna again on eruption on February 21st

Posted on 22/02/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Surprisingly, Mount Etna sets off a great new paroxysm, in the late morning of February 21st. Semi covered by clouds, the volcano was affected by a very rapid rise of magma that gave off high fountains of lava and a notable pyroclastic cloud that rose several kilometers above the craters. Pushed by the north-west wind, […]