Etna’s eruptive activity at the Voragine Crater continues to show signs of intensity and spectacularity. In mid-June 2024, several explosive phenomena were observed that generated emissions of ash and pyroclastic material. The small crater, located on the top of...
In the last few days, Mount Etna has once again offered us a magnificent spectacle. This time it is not lava fountains or lava flows, but rings of gas that attract photographers and tourists. Since the beginning of April 2024, Mount Etna has been puffing one ring...
If you are on Mount Etna in winter, you will notice numerous white, drop-shaped formations up to 30 cm in size on the pine trees. The nests, spun from thin white threads, sometimes cover the whole tree in dozens. These are the nests of the pine processionary moth...
I have been living in Sicily, in the province of Catania, at the foot of Mount Etna, for more than 40 years now. The volcano has characterised my life here from the very beginning. I will now tell you – from the perspective of an almost real Sicilian –...
Today we set off on a journey from the sea, more precisely from Riposto, also known as the harbour of Mount Etna, up to Piano Provenzana on the north side of Mount Etna, where the roads end and you can only continue on foot. This route takes just under an hour by car....
On the afternoon of 13 August 2023, the measuring instruments of the Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Catania (INGV) register the first signs of a new eruption of Etna, which begins shortly afterwards – with Strombolian activity. Strombolian activity,...
