Etna, Sicily, Italy

INGV-CT reported that during 5-11 January activity from Etna’s summit craters was observed utilizing surveillance cameras situated in Milo (about 11 km ESE); inclement weather prevented direct inspection of the summit area. Degassing was seen from the NW Bocca Nuova vent, from the walls and floor of Southeast Crater, and along summit fumarolic fields. The [...]

Mount Etna on the BBC!

Martin Redfern, and the BBC Radio Science Unit, have just produced a terrific half-hour radio program about long-term monitoring on Etna!!

 
 

You can listen to the show online as a podcast at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml
After a week, the url will become http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20081120.shtml as the next week’s show replaces it on the front page.
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Etna, Sicily, Italy

INGV-CT reported that an inspection of Etna’s summit craters on 15 July revealed degassing from the Northeast Crater and to a lesser degree from the BN-1 crater of the Bocca Nuova. Explosive activity was restricted to Vent 2 of the active NW-SE-trending fissure E of the summit craters and characterized by weak Strombolian activity and [...]

Etna, Sicily, Italy

INGV-CT reported continuous ash emission and periodic Strombolian activity from multiple vents, possibly along an E-trending fissure E of Etna’s summit craters, during 10-19 May. Observations were limited due to cloud cover. Ash plumes rose to approximate attitudes of 3.5-7.3 km (11,500-24,000 ft) a.s.l. and sulfur dioxide emissions were elevated. Lava flows that issued from [...]

Etna, Sicily, Italy

Based on observations using the summit web camera, INGV-CT reported that a week of Strombolian activity from a depression on the E flank of the South East Crater at the summit of Etna ceased on 28 April. On 1 May, a seismic swarm was detected along the NE rift and degassing from the South East [...]