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Grotta del Gelo, a perennial glacier in the volcano’s womb

Posted on 04/11/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

In the municipality of Randazzo, on the northern slope of Mount Etna, one of the most anomalous and intriguing phenomena in the world rises: a perennial glacier, located in the womb of an active volcano. The southernmost perennial glacier in Europe. It is the Grotta del Gelo (Grotto of Ice) , a long gallery derived […]

Torre del Filosofo and the Laghetto Crater

Posted on 07/10/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

A continuously changing landscape, Mount Etna has erased many places in time and others -that are still visible today- maybe tomorrow won’t be there anymore. The lava eruptions and the ashes change the top territory all the time and make these places a mix of geography, history and myth. We shall lead you to the […]

Mt Etna, new eruption from Voragine and North East craters

Posted on 30/09/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

For two weeks now, the lucky inhabitants of the western side of Mt Etna are watching the new eruption from the crater Voragine. It is one – and the most active – of the two huge holes inside the former Central Crater and the eruption started from a small fracture. The lava fountains have become […]

Mt Etna, a new eruption starts on July 19

Posted on 20/07/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

UPDATE FROM INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY– The eruption has ended on July 21st A new eruption has just started on Mt.Etna. By the dawn of July 18th, the great Sicilian volcano had begun to show signs of nervousness. The volcano, which however had not been quiet for some time, had manifested the first flashes due to […]

Mt Etna, 10 reasons to visit and love it

Posted on 08/07/2019 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Do not be surprised if Mt Etna is considered as female, in Sicily. For the local people, in fact, the volcano is a mother and for those who respect it this mountain can also become a lover ! It is hard to find someone who cannot have one reason to come and visit Etna, but […]