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Mount Etna, a November eruption in the clouds

Posted on 10/11/2024 by Grazia Musumeci

It took advantage of it, as often happens, away from prying eyes, behind the clouds of November storms. Mount Etna, which loves to surprise, started an eruption on the morning of November 10 while the world was enjoying, in the warmth, the first real Sunday of autumn. The news spread first on social media … […]

Volcanoes: Gates of Hell

Posted on 04/11/2024 by Grazia Musumeci

Are volcanoes the gates of hell? For many centuries, this is how people and popular belief have considered them. A natural fear, given by the view of a mountain capable of spitting fire from every crack. If you go back to study the mythology and history of the Mediterranean, you will find many myths linked […]

“I am a lucky man”: meeting volcanologist Dr Marco Neri

Posted on 21/10/2024 (21/10/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Dr. Marco Neri, of the Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Catania (INGV), considers himself “a lucky man”. And twice lucky, for living where he lives – at the foot of Mount Etna – and for the work he does, which he considers “a continuous emotion”. This quiet gentleman, with kind blue eyes, has a […]

Crater Voragine: the highest peak on Etna

Posted on 07/10/2024 by Grazia Musumeci

Since September it is official, also supported by data collected “on the field”: Crater Voragine (CVOR) is now the highest peak of Mount Etna having reached 3,403 meters above sea level. A record growth that this crater obtained through a series of incredible paroxysms, spectacular and violent as typical of this vent. Its tip has […]

Mount Etna’s North-East Crater roars again

Posted on 30/09/2024 by Grazia Musumeci

By now on Mount Etna it’s a game of poker. The four summit craters all seem to be simultaneously engaged in an extraordinary (in the sense of beautiful!) activity that, in turn, involves them all. After the spectacular years, the South-East crater has gone to rest and in its place the mighty Voragine has set […]