Aug 15, 2024: Etna Volcano Has a Large Eruption

A significant eruption is currently taking place at Mt. Etna on the island of Sicily, Italy.

Mount Etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes and is in an almost constant state of activity. The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations. In June 2013, it was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. (Wikipedia)

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Cover image: Salvatore Allegra/Nataliia Liubchenkova
Current temperature, wind and humidity is for the village of the Lavinaio-Monterosso (elev. 450m), about 15km from the summit of Mt Etna.

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Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe, and the tallest peak in Italy south of the Alps with a current height (July 2021) of 3,357 m (11,014 ft), though this varies with summit eruptions. Over a six-month period in 2021, Etna erupted so much volcanic material that its height increased by approximately 100 feet, and the southeastern crater is now the tallest part of the volcano.

#Etna covers an area of 1,190 km2 (459 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km (87 miles). This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands surpasses it in the whole of the European–North-African region west of the Black Sea. (Wikipedia)

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[JJ-xzdk]

Beautiful & powerful; hope everyone stays safe!

[bigdave]

This is extraordinarily spectacular footage. Thank you. It's mesmerizing.

[janettegirvan]

Mamma etna is at it again cant believe this use to be my view from my bedroom in catania every night

[redbarchetta]

BTW, the blues and purples are sulfur in the gasses.

[mystical_poncho]

Wow. I was always in wonderment seeing pictures of lava. Glowing and deadly ooze

[rosaandrade]

È pericolosa ma allo stesso tempo spettacolare la nostra natura

[ronniedenis]

Am here watching from Uganda...
Where is this happening?

[manuelawiederkehr]

Scary. I hope everybody is fine who lived nearby.

[supercolinblow]

is it dangerous to the people living in Sicily now?

[Plagueheart]

This has been erupting for a few months on and off, I remember 4 weeks ago and 8 months ago

[Tootsierohl]

Is anyone else seeing faces in the clouds? Wild!

[WooRidersDg]

Phlegraean fields are now active also and have unearthed 2000 plus year old ruins

[RickGrimes]

So that's what" fire and brimstone " looks like!! The Earth's breathing through her many belly buttons 🙏🙌🏻God's in control Aaamazin

[emileecitra]

Beautiful!
PRAY FOR PEACE FROM INDONESIA 🙏🏻🇮🇩🕊️

[janettegirvan]

We were only close up towards the top of her around this time around last year. She wasnt as angry then though.. mamma etna you're a spectacle to see and be close to ..see you next year..

[bobberceli]

I wasn't aware of volcanoes in Italy until the recent Stromboli eruption. Way Cool video image. Hope all those who live below are in a safe location!