ROME (AP) – Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe, has amazed even the volcanologists experienced in recent days, with spectacular lava springs that illuminate the Sicilian sky every night.
The latest eruption overnight went out around 09:00 GMT, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy.
For more than a week, Etna has been belching lava, ash and volcanic rocks on a regular basis. Nearby Catania Airport has been temporarily closed, and residents of Pedara said it appeared one day last week as if it were raining stones as a thick blanket of ash covered the city.
Volcanologist Boris Behncke of the Etna Observatory of the National Institute watched in amazement the latest paroxysms. Writing on the institute’s website this week, he said that after “giving us moments of suspense” the night before, Etna somehow broke out “those of us who have been working on this for decades have rarely seen ”
Referring to the overnight activity, he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: “Did I call the #Etna paroxysm from February 20-21” incredibly strong “? Well, his successor, on the night of February 22-23, was much stronger. ”
To date, no injuries or injuries have been reported.