Spectacular footage of the eruption of mount Etna. Photo

Fountains of molten lava.

Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe, in June 2013, he was included in the list of world heritage of UNESCO. But recently began a new eruption of mount Etna.

View fountains of molten lava.

1. Located on the Eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily, mount Etna resumed its activity. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

2. Lava formed during the eruption of a volcano in the magma at the Earth’s surface. As a result of cooling and the interaction with the gases comprising the atmosphere, magma changes its properties, forming lava. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

3. Volcanologists have recorded the lava eruption from the new Southeast crater of the famous volcano. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

4. Etna — the largest active volcano in Italy, surpassing its nearest “rival” Vesuvius more than 2.5 times. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

5. The speed of the lava flow can reach several meters per second. The temperature of lava ranges from 500 to 1200 °C. (Photo by Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

6. Mount Etna spews lava on the southern island of Sicily, Italy, March 1, 2017. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

7. The largest eruption of Etna occurred March 11, 1669. It lasted several months and was accompanied by earthquakes. The total volume of the eruption is estimated at 830 million cubic meters of lava Flows have completely changed the configuration of the shore. According to various sources, killed between 20 and 100 thousand people. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

8. According to various sources, Etna has between 200 and 400 side volcanic craters. On average, every three months from one, then from another crater erupting lava. And every 150 years the eruption destroys any village. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

9. All this does not stop the Sicilians, and they densely inhabit the slopes of Etna, as due to the abundance of minerals and trace elements contained in the cooled lava and volcanic ash, the soil is very fertile. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

10. Lava from the volcano in all its glory, March 1, 2017. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

11. New eruption of Etna volcano, 1 March 2017. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

12. The word is borrowed from Italian lava (lava) and French (lave) in the 18th century. It means “fall, crawl, slide, climb (down)”, or “what goes down” (down) as a result of a volcanic eruption. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

13. Thanks to the constant activity of Etna was selected as the decade Volcano by the United Nations. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

14. The ancient Greek historian Diogenes Laertius in Chapter 8 of his famous book “On the life, teachings and sayings of famous philosophers” brings the story that Graganski philosopher Empedocles (V century BC) committed suicide by throwing himself into the crater of Etna. He did it to make him revered as God. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

15. Beauty! However, according to experts, the current eruption of mount Etna posed no threat to people or material objects. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

16. New eruption of Etna volcano, 1 March 2017. (Photo By Antonio Parrinello | Reuters):

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