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Mount Etna, a new eruption on its way

Posted on 10/11/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Finally, the lava appeared! It did it without any stress, without particular excitement. After three months of modest puffs, rings of vapour and tensions that almost all came from the Bocca Nuova crater, on the evening of November 10th it was the South East crater (SEC) that gave life to lively lava fountains. Small ones, […]

Etna, eruptions of 1923 and 1928

Posted on 15/10/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The two eruptions that marked the 1920s on Etna are not connected to each other. In fact, they took place on two different sides and with a five-year break between each other. But they are linked by the danger and the feeling of disaster that they both brought with them. Rare sensations, because although Mount […]

Mount Etna’s autumn place 2: Piano Provenzana’s “dagala oasis”

Posted on 02/10/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

We told you what dagalas are on these pages some time ago, and if you remember well there was something magical in that story. Like there is always something magical in each of these oases sown among the lava expanses. For the month of October, our suggestion for the ideal autumn place is right among […]

Etna, the “cancelled” eruption of 1910

Posted on 25/09/2023 (23/02/2025) 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 (23/02/2025) 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 […]