Photo Story: Aerial view of lava flow Mount Etna

A handout photo made available by Boris Behncke, volcanologist and researcher at National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) of the summit of Mount Etna.

The photo shows an aerial view taken from a helicopter of a small lava flow issuing from the cone growing within the Voragine crater at the summit of Mount Etna, Sicily Island, southern Italy, 09 January 2020 (issued 10 January 2020), and cascading into the nearby Bocca Nuova crater (at lower left).

Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

 

Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS BEHNCKE/INGV-OSSERVATORIO ETNEO HANDOUT