Sunday, May 11, 2008

Volcano Blog: Etna, Sicily

Lava spewed Saturday from the southeastern crater of Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe, into an uninhabited area, the Palermo Geophysics and Vulcanology Institute said.

Etna last erupted in November of last year. It's one of the more benign volcanoes in the world; apparently has a combination of a good clear vent and lava with not too much gas content.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

isn't Etna erupting right now (http://www.ilove-sicilia.it/ils/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=132)? My Italian is not so good, but it's what I understood by reading that article.

Bob said...

It's hardly news at this point, Svetlana, since I posted this back in May. Thanks for visiting my blog, though.