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Mount Etna’s animals 3: meet the viper without fear

Posted on 14/01/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a safe environment for hikers, especially for those who venture onto the great volcano with the right information. The territory hides problems that can be avoided with the help of a good guide or with in-depth studies on geology, flora and fauna. On our volcano there are no dangerous predators: foxes are […]

Mt Etna’s winter place 2: Ripe della Naca

Posted on 07/01/2024 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The location called “le Ripe della Naca” (the ropes of the cradle), on the eastern side of Mount Etna, is always suggestive and fascinating, in every season. But seeing and experiencing it in winter, possibly with snow, is an emotional experience you won’t easily forget. These “ropes” are actually enormous “waterfalls of lava” that poured […]

Mount Etna, great eruption on December 1st

Posted on 01/12/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The mystery is solved! Mount Etna’s strange behavior in the last two weeks was revealed in a new, grandiose eruptive paroxysm on the afternoon of December 1st, 2023. The phenomenon began around 5pm, with small explosions from the usual South-East crater which initially did not look suspicious… given that the volcano had been repeating these […]

November 2023: how is Mt Etna changing?

Posted on 27/11/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

But … what is Etna up to? What’s happening to our volcano? After having accustomed us to a precise “standard” with its historical and recent eruptions, now it seems it is experimenting. From 2018 to today it has changed its behavior several times and the latest news, from 12 November 2023, are these mini “Strombolian” […]

Mount Etna, what’s going on?

Posted on 24/11/2023 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

What is going on, on Mount Etna? After the last paroxysm, the one dated November 12th, the volcano seems to have changed its “style” for the umpteenth time. After an apparent return to calm, INGV volcanologists noticed – starting from November 19th – a strange “behavior”. Etna imitates Stromboli Anyone who has seen Stromboli knows […]