Etna Archives

Theseus on Etna: the charm of a monument in nature

Posted on 06/05/2024 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

In March 2024 a giant statue “appeared” on Mount Etna. A sleeping human face split in half, rising on a cube-shaped pedestal, atop a sciara (old lavas). It seems to admire the entire coast from above, with an expression of seraphic peace that invites you to relax and fully enjoy the mountain air. It is […]

Mount Etna’s great show of “gas rings”

Posted on 04/04/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna prepares a new eruption and does so in style, drawing the world’s attention to itself. It does this by emitting a “feast” of gas rings that, depending on the daylight and evening light, take on particular colors and brightness. In the photos accompanying this article – kindly provided by the photographer Marisa Liotta […]

The mysterious paroxysm of 2021

Posted on 31/03/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Year 2021 was one of the “busiest years” on Mount Etna in terms of eruptions. A crisis that began in 2020 led Sicily’s great volcano to erupt at an impressive rate for the next 20 months. So, what could be so “mysterious” in a paroxysm of 2021, that is in just one of the many […]

Volcanic “bombs”, what and where are they

Posted on 10/03/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Volcanic bombs are shreds, “drops”, of incandescent lava that are expelled from the mouth of a volcano, even many kilometers away. They can have different dimensions, ranging from a few tens of centimeters up to many meters. In order to be defined as “bombs” the diameter must always be greater than 64 cm, otherwise they […]

Mount Etna’s caves you can explore with children

Posted on 18/02/2024 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Exploring Mount Etna with children may seem like a difficult and stressful undertaking at first. But if you exploit the children’s natural passion for nature and adventure everything becomes simpler… and the experience can be summed up in one word: caves! Etna is a volcano, and therefore its territory consists in centuries-old eruptions that left […]