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Double eruption and new vents, Mount Etna never stops

Posted on 24/06/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

June 23rd, 2021, is a day not to be forgotten. Under the hood of yellow sirocco fog that almost completely hides it from view, the great Mount Etna unleashes a double eruption at the beginning and end of the day. Sudden spikes in values ??announce, in both cases at a short distance, the onset of […]

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 below 1000 meters

Posted on 07/06/2021 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If above 1000 meters above sea level, Etna assumes the appearance of a real volcano, with entire regions of wild and harsh nature, extinct or active craters and lava caves, everything changes as you descend. The work of man here leaves more and more traces. Therefore, an itinerary around the volcano, below 1000 meters, will […]

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 […]