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Let’s learn something about pyroclastic flows

Posted on 28/03/2022 (22/01/2025) 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 (21/01/2025) 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 […]

Not just vines and orchards, new crops on Mt Etna

Posted on 07/03/2022 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

You certainly have heard of the lemons of Etna. Or the red oranges typical of this area, since they take nourishment from the rich soil of this volcano. Then there is Mt Etna’s apples, and the most famous wines produced from the flourishing vineyards. This volcanic mountain is home to the best Sicilian agricultural specialties. […]

Etna again on eruption on February 21st

Posted on 22/02/2022 (22/01/2025) 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, […]

Mount Etna, the first great eruption of 2022

Posted on 11/02/2022 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Volcanologists followed the event with the same amazement as citizens crowded into street corners, armed with cell phones and cameras. Mount Etna gives everyone the show of its first paroxysm of 2022, on the afternoon of 10th February. An absolute spectacle, such as has not been seen for almost 20 months. Above all, a show […]