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Etna, the “cancelled” eruption of 1910

Posted on 25/09/2023 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

There are places that are exposed to natural events more than others. And when the “natural event” is a volcano, those places happen to be fields, villages or even cities. Mount Etna is a gigantic and ancient volcano and man has always tended to colonize it because the advantages always outweigh the disadvantages. So even […]

Etna on eruption, on August 13th night

Posted on 14/08/2023 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Surprising as only Mount Etna can be … it gives, on the eve of the August 15th Midsummer Festival, an eruption that almost no one expected. The last paroxysmal event had occurred in May 2023, and since then the volcano had remained in apparent calm. The tremor vacillated continuously, but the gases did not find […]

Mount Etna’s “almost perfect” 1879 eruption

Posted on 03/07/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

In 1879 Mount Etna “split” on two different sides and a sudden double eruption took the countryside and the cities by surprise. It was not an extraordinary event, but surely it had been centuries since such an important one had occurred. The populations of the time found themselves fighting the volcano on two fronts and […]

Mount Etna’s 1865 eruption from Sartorius Craters

Posted on 29/05/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Today the Sartorius Hills, or Sartorius Craters, are one of the many tourist destinations on the northern side of Mount Etna. Harmless black hills, surrounded by a wood of cheery birch, chestnut and oak trees, families go picnic here, and hikers test the strength of their legs as they climb each crater. But so much […]

Etna, new eruptive show but … behind “closed doors”!

Posted on 22/05/2023 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The people of Etna do not consider the volcano as an inanimate thing, but as a living being. They call it a “she”, a “mum”, and not surprisingly. In fact, this mountain seems to “have a behavior”, just like a human, and proves to be welcoming, generous, affectionate … or mischievous! Anyone who doesn’t live […]