Mt. Etna, the big eruption goes on


It seems like a big eruption the one that started at dawn on May 30th from the summit of volcano Etna.  A “surprise” for everyone, even for the volcanologists who by now expected anomalous or lateral eruptions. In fact, however, the volcano is “exploiting” some of the fractures that opened last December 24th to emit […]

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Along Alcantara River


The Alcantara river is one of the most beautiful and unpredictable in Sicily. Beautiful for the shapes it takes, for the landscapes it crosses and characterizes. Unpredictable because it can remain dry for long periods and then suddenly fill up with water and overflow. It originates from the Nebrodi Range and goes to enter the […]

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Valle del Bove, a natural basin against eruptions


The place we now call the Valle del Bove (the valley of the ox) is actually the still visible testimony of a huge geological tragedy that occurred about 10,000 years ago. At that time Etna was a much higher volcano than now, conical in shape, that at a certain point exploded, halving its size and […]

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