Let us take a closer look at the scenario of the main protagonist of the last 50 years: the Southeast Crater. The birth of Southeast Crater in 1971 Let us start at the beginning: After a century of profound transformations and intense activity of the summit craters,...
Etna has always fascinated people – as the source of great ruin and great fertility. There are therefore many legends and myths surrounding this volcano, from which we would like to give you a small extract today. The forge of Hephaestus Hephaestus is the Greek...
In this article, we tell you about the 2002 eruption, an extraordinary event in which two eruptive systems are active at the same time, one on the south side and one on the north side of Etna. A little more than a year has passed since the spectacular eruption of 2001...
Two eruptions in one Today we tell you about the first eccentric eruption that has been scientifically documented. In an eccentric eruption, the magma does not reach the surface via the main vent, but seeks another path from the magma chamber to the surface. Since it...
Destruction and reconstruction of Mascali the last one that destroyed a town; the only recent lava flow that stopped a few hundred meters from the sea, at an altitude of 25 m above sea level; and one of the eruptive events that, together with that of 1669, had a...
The Central Crater, probably formed during the great eruption of 1669 on the ruins of another pre-existing cone, consists of a 500 m diameter mouth at the centre of a 250 m high cone. Observing Etna from the sea or from the coast, from the foot of its oriental flank,...
