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Let’s learn something about pyroclastic flows

Posted on 28/03/2022 (09/09/2024) 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 (09/09/2024) 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 […]

The Giant of Centuripe

Posted on 14/03/2022 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Among the most original towns that surround the great volcano Etna, Centuripe (district of Enna) is definitely worth a visit. It is not located at the immediate foot of the mountain, but offers spectacular views anyway. Especially during the most powerful eruptions. And whether you see Mount Etna in action or not, Centuripe will not […]

Not just vines and orchards, new crops on Mt Etna

Posted on 07/03/2022 (09/09/2024) 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. […]

Mt Etna’s mud volcanoes and “Maccalube”, what difference?

Posted on 21/02/2022 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Each volcano has a life path with which it was born and then slowly dies. Very often these two extreme moments in the existence of these unique mountains are given by secondary phenomena. That is, by eruptions without fire but with other materials. Sometimes they are boiling water jets, the famous geysers. Other times they […]