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Women of Etna

Posted on 08/03/2021 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna, for its people, is a woman. It is female, like a mother. A strict mother who always wants sacrifices but still will repay at the right time with great generosity. If you were born on this volcano and grew up here – or if you chose to live here – you will feel […]

Mt Etna eruption, update 7th March

Posted on 07/03/2021 (07/03/2021) by Grazia Musumeci

On the morning of March 7th, 2021, above a cloudy and rainy sky, Mt Etna unleashes the tenth eruptive paroxysm. It caused a giant cloud of ash and lapilli to fall on Milo, Giarre and Riposto. In the photo alongside (from Gianni Pennisi’s facebook page), the main street of the city of Giarre. From Cathedral […]

Etna, new show and a new crater too

Posted on 04/03/2021 (04/03/2021) by Grazia Musumeci

The early hours of dawn on March 4, 2021 began with signs of restlessness in the usual South East Crater. They mainly manifest themselves around 7 am with the opening of a new small crater at the base of the SEC cone. From the new crater a small, poorly fed lava flow starts and runs […]

Etna, paroxysm 8: update

Posted on 02/03/2021 (02/03/2021) by Grazia Musumeci

It happens at around noon on March 2nd, yet another surprise from Mount Etna. A rapid rise in the tremor, the announcement live by the INGV and shortly thereafter the South East Crater was again the protagonist of a paroxysm – the eighth – once again of considerable power. Lava fountains pushed to great heights, […]

Mt Etna update on February 27th and 28th

Posted on 27/02/2021 (28/02/2021) by Grazia Musumeci

After a week of fire and lava, explosions and violent tremors, Mount Etna hasn’t expressed anything for 48 hours. A silence that amazes and leaves the many “fans” waiting with cell phones in hand, but it does not upset the INGV volcanologists that much. There is a break, perhaps even a long one. It could […]