17+ Mt Etna Volcano Eruption Pictures. Image copyright istockphoto / frizi. After several weeks of increasing seismic activity that damaged the town of nicolosi and other settlements.
This eruption was the worst from mt etna in several centuries, recieving a rating of vei 5 from the vesuvius observatory in rome, and destroting an entire village in the process. For this most recent one, several tourists and a crew of bbc journalists were present, with the journalists catching footage from much too close. It's the first lateral eruption in more than 10 years.
Mount etna, active volcano on sicily's east coast and the highest active volcano in europe.
A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth. Etna's last major eruption occurred in 1992. Etna has the longest written record of eruptions of any volcano on earth. 2.5 / 5 based on 4 ratings.