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South East Crater and how it changed in time

Posted on 09/08/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Our excursions “to the summit craters” of Etna for two years now have to deal with the angry reactions of the new landlord: the South East Crater, better known by the English acronym SEC. What was once a tiring but fascinating trip, always within safe limits, has now become a rare event. Because it is […]

Etna’s Urban Wild Parks: Monte Ceraulo

Posted on 21/06/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

This article starts a new trip through the urban wild parks at the foot of Mount Etna. They are wild natural areas closed with walls or fences, with paths and comforts, for the people to enjoy them. So this will allow humans to walk in the green, go for picnics close to home, and allow […]

Visit Mount Etna above 1000 meters

Posted on 31/05/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna is not just a volcano, but a great universe apart, all to be discovered. Nothing is “normal” up here … you can find Nordic birch trees, grazing alpacas, camels and mountain chestnut trees. And again, deep fractures in the ground, craters transformed into orchards, streams … even a glacier. The volcano develops to a […]

Mount Etna’s brand new eruptive situation

Posted on 24/05/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Volcanologists had said it right away, when the volcano seemed to fall asleep in April. Mount Etna activity is not over, it is only on hiatus for some time. How much time? It is not known, it is the volcano that decides, as it always has. And in fact, after two months of apparent stillness […]

Mount Etna’s new eruption “greets” singer Franco Battiato

Posted on 19/05/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The dawn of May 19th on Mount Etna started with a weird eruption. Not even volcanologists expected it, it came so suddenly and almost without any warning signal. As the note released by Dr. Boris Behncke of the INGV indicates: “A completely unexpected and slightly different episode of lava fountains. Surprisingly, around midnight (local time) […]