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Rabu, 10 Agustus 2011

Mount Etna Eruptions Light the Italian Night

Etna Oozes
Photograph by Antonio Parrinello, Reuters

Etna Volcano spews lava on August 6 during the last eruption Italianvolcano, the highest and most active in Europe.
In early July, after the Sicilian volcano is erupting on and off a few explosions, flames shooting 75 stories into the air, according to CBS News.
Despite the ash could interfere with flights to the region, but the winds are blowing the ashes away from the airport, to the Ionian Sea, according to the BBC.




Gentle Volcanic Giant
Photograph by Marcello Paternostro, AFP/Getty Images

Etna lava oozing down a hill behind a church in Sicily, July 30.
Despite the almost constant activity, the Sicilian volcano rarely cause injury since the eruption seems so high and the lava moves slowly enough.
"We do not have a love-hate relationship for the Etna," Salvatore Moschetto, mayor of nearby Nicolosi told National Geographic Magazine in 2001. "We have a love story."

Etna's Fiery Columns
Photograph by Orietta Scardino, European Pressphoto Agency

The columns of fiery lava shot into the sky from Mount Etna, July 30.
Giant Sicilian is excited in the mind of the Mediterranean at least since the classic, when Plato has sailed to Greece just to peek at the BC 387, and when, according to legend, Odysseus dodged rocks thrown by the Cyclops, Etna.

Seeing Red on Sicily
Photograph by Marcello Paternostro, AFP/Getty Images

Etna reddens the night sky above the city of Catania in Sicily, July 30.
Most destructive volcano eruption in history in 1669 lasted four months, buckling a dozen villages, piercing the walls of the city of Catania, and finally the steam to a standstill at sea



Dirty Job on Etna
Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic

He reason the Etna shown with an image of a geologist in 1993 has grown increasingly active in the last 50 years.
Last crude test, but suggested a new source of lava can breathe deep, National Geographic Magazine reported in 2002.



Night Lights
Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic

Competitors shower of molten lava lights up the city of Catania in 2001, the. Although 2010 was an unusually quiet year of Mount Etna, the volcano has erupted four times in July alone, according to CBS News.


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