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Mount Etna back to the April Fool show

Posted on 01/04/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna changes again and again, it becomes unpredictable. After two months of continuous paroxysms, at the rate of one every fifty hours, by mid-March it seems to have subsided. Long pauses, even of five or seven days, between one eruptive event and another. And each new event lasts up to fifteen hours, instead of the […]

Trapani, history and flavours

Posted on 29/03/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

If you have already had the opportunity to explore the beauties of Etna and the shores that surround the great volcano, perhaps your next trip to Sicily can be dedicated to Trapani. This beautiful city is the land of sunsets! Your excursion to the westernmost district capital of Sicily can be done in one day. […]

Surprise Etna! On eruption again

Posted on 24/03/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It had to be all over, they had to be the last breaths of an eruptive event that seemed to never end … and for four days in fact Mount Etna fell into silence. No more fountains, no more roars. Tremor decreasing. End of the eruption? Maybe. At the INGV they never get out of […]

Mount Etna’s flowers, which ones to admire in Spring

Posted on 22/03/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Apart from eruptions, Mount Etna is a whole universe to discover. Every season is magical on this volcano, from the days of snow to those of sun and flowers. Among endemic plants and foreign plants, which have found a home here, Etna is very rich in wild vegetation and beautiful colors. The flowers that fill […]

Mount Etna roars on paroxysm 14

Posted on 17/03/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Roars and show! Etna crosses the record line of 14 paroxysms in a month, still following the sequence of strong explosions. It all began on February 16th, 2021, and continued, constantly, at the rate of one event every two days. Paroxysm umber 14 arrives on the night of March 17th, with a surge of volcanic […]