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Etna, paroxysm number five

Posted on 23/02/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Without brakes, but with a now constant pace, Mount Etna continues its daily eruptions. In the late evening of today, Monday 22 February 2021, the volcano thunders again in the dark. The INGV press release brings the time of 22:56 when it informs everyone that: “there is an increase in frequency and intensity of Strombolian […]

Mysteries of Agrigento

Posted on 21/02/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

How do those millenary temples manage to resist over the centuries? What is the Devil’s Letter? And what do the Crusaders have to do with the city of almond trees in bloom? Agrigento is not only a district capital and a city with a rich ancient history. Here are kept mysteries that are sometimes disturbing, […]

Fourth paroxysm of Etna and a 4-hole eruption

Posted on 21/02/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

As widely predicted by the Institute of Volcanology of Catania, Mount Etna had not yet finished to amaze and a new paroxysm was waiting after the previous three. The volcano did not betray expectations and in the night between 20th and 21st February gave start to the fourth explosive episode. This time it was very […]

Mt Etna eruption, new update

Posted on 19/02/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna gives no respite, and does not seem to have any itself. At 9 am on February 19, the volcano becomes restless to the point that the Institute of Volcanology immediately goes into alert. The signals are initially almost harmless … a few snorts, dancing tremors. Then everything suddenly increases, as is now “tradition”. At […]

Five good reasons for visiting Etna in 2021

Posted on 15/02/2021 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Do not be discouraged! There will always be good reasons for visiting Mount Etna, in Sicily. Even during this Covid 19 pandemics which forces us to stay at home for some time. It is hard to travel in this situation and only the very passionate and adventurous will try the chance, as soon as possible. […]