He Etna volcanomore than three thousand meters high, is one of the active volcanoes in Italy that from time to time leaves spectacular images on the the coast is from Sicily. This happened recently, when erupted again.
On Saturday afternoon December 27 began a series of events recorded by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanologyin charge of seismic surveillance of the Italian territory. He announced strong explosions in the northeast crater, which “spewed pyroclastic material throughout the cone.”
This type of material is produced when ash, volcanic rocks, and hot gases within the volcanoes themselves, and is extremely dangerous.
However, it was this last Sunday that the remains of the natural phenomenon. Mainly, the spectacular explosions of ash, smoke and lava flows from Etna. They appeared among the snow that fell in that area of the largest island in the Mediterranean.
In June why is 2025 the volcano was already erupted. On that occasion, a huge cloud of ash and gas could be seen, after a part of its crater collapsed.
The red alert and the impressive view
On the morning of that same Sunday, the authorities determined the seriousness of the situation with a red alertespecially for airplane flights. In any case, despite the dense smoke, the Catania-Fontanarossa airport continued operating without interruptions, he assured EFE.
The Etna volcano is more than 3,000 meters high at sea level. Photo: CaptureOn the other hand, in this new eruptive phase in it tallest volcano Europaa skier could be seen quickly heading to safe ground, with the ashes behind him.
This is how it appears in images, a spectacle for the rest of the people present in the place. Both tourists and residents were able to observe spectacular columns of ash and smokeas well as lava flows going down the snowy surface. This magma moved eastwards, towards the Bove Valley, and has already traveled about 1.8 kilometers in an easterly direction, INGV explained.
A rash with multiple antecedents
This fact was of utmost importance because it was an example of the constant and current vitality of Etna. It had memorable explosions with lava fountains. Among them, those that occurred in 1998 and 1999, when the «Vorágine» crater recorded two «particularly intense» eruptions.
Etna has a constant and current vitality. Photo: EFE/EPA/ORIETTA SCARDINOFurthermore, in December 2015 Eruptions with characteristics similar to those mentioned were recorded. In this way, they were located between the most powerful on Etna of the last two decades, in the words of INGV himself.
Aside from what happened last weekend, the volcano’s previous eruption was the June 2 of this year. That day the inhabitants of the various nearby towns saw the repeated phenomenon.
But the situation that did lead to the temporary closure of the airport in Catania It was that of July 4 and August 14, 2024. At that time, the volcano erupted violently and caused a 9.5 km high ash cloud.
Strong eruptive activities were also recorded from the southeast crater in 2021. In summary, the numerous episodes of this guy who crossed Etna make him the most active volcano on the old continent.
