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Mount Etna spits lava into the night sky

Europe's tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, erupts with vigorous explosions.

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epa09034742 An intense Strombolian activity with the emission of a lava fountain, which exceeds 400 meters in height, is underway from two open vents inside the South-East crater of Etna volcano, with the emission of lava ash, Sicily island, southern Italy, 24 February 2021. There is a flow that heads towards the desert Valle del Bove. The paroxysmal phenomenon, the sixth since 16 February, is monitored by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology-Etna Observatory of Catania. The average amplitude of the volcanic tremor shows high values with an increasing tendency. The localization of the source is in the area of the South-East crater at a depth of about 2,700 meters above sea level. The infrasonic activity is also quite sustained both in the rate of occurrence and in the energy of the events and is located in the South-East crater. EPA-EFE/CARMELO IMBESI

Europe’s tallest active volcano roared as it spewed lava from one of its largest craters.

At around 3000 meters of altitude, the volcano showed off a spectacle of its unusual Strombolian activity with a majestic ‘cascade’ of lava with magma flowing inside the new crater, called ‘Bocca Nuova’ (‘New Mouth’ in Italian). 

The Voragine crater of Sicily’s Mount Etna awoke from a four-year silence with vigorous explosions and incandescent shreds coming out from the top of the volcano. The 3,330-metre-high volcano, Europe’s most active, is believed to have the longest documented history of eruptions among all volcanoes — with records dating back to as early as 425 BCE.

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