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My name is Oliver Beck. I'm here mainly to report on the current activity of the Mt Etna volcano. I was infected by the volcano virus as an 11-year-old boy when I visited Etna in the summer of 1979 and was able to observe explosive activity directly at the summit craters. In 2002 I returned to the mountain and in 2004 I started to report regularly about Mt Etna in German language on my website. Since then I have climbed the volcano many times and experienced several .
Of course I am also interested in other volcanoes (LaPalma, Stromboli, Turrialba and many more) and volcanology in general. I love stones and minerals and their chemistry. So I hope to learn more here as well. I live in Hesse (Germany) on the edge of the Vogelsberg. This is the largest extinct volcanic area in Europe. I love nature and hiking. I like to visit abandoned quarries, which reveal a lot about the former activity of the Vogelsberg. So I will also report about my backyard geology here from time to time.
I work as a laboratory assistant at a large pharmaceutical company, where I deal with instrumental analysis (GC, HPLC). My focus is not only on chemistry, but also on Chromatography Data System support and software development. Besides volcanology, programming is another of my great passions. At the moment I work a lot with C#, VBA and SQL. It all started with a Commodore 64, where after BASIC I soon switched to Assembler and then to Pascal. Later I worked a lot with Perl, C++, Java and Javascript.
Other interests of mine are my garden, cooking and my Sphinx cats.

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Video from Sol’s Symposium at Stanford Available Online

SYMPOSIUM | NOVEMBER 17-18, 2023 | STANFORD UNIVERSITY

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#UFO #UAP #Disclosure

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily - 29.12.23

Two isolated explosions occurred at the South East Crater complex last week. A significant enlargement of the north-western pit was observed in Bocca Nuova. The tremor remained at a medium level.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

This INGV webcam photo shows the explosion at the Southeast Crater Complex, which occurred in the early hours of 23 December from an easterly direction. The eastern flank of the New Southeast Crater is covered with incandescent material and an ash cloud stands above the cone. The scene is almost outshone by the bright light of the setting moon:

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily - 22.12.23

During the last week, the unrest at Mt. Etna increased again, as there were isolated explosions at both Bocca Nuova and the South East Crater complex. However, the seismic activity decreased and the tremor remained unchanged.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

This INGV webcam photo shows an explosive emission of gas and brownish ash from Bocca Nuova summit crater:

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily - 08.12.23

Following the paroxysm at the South Eeast Crater complex, only the usual gas emissions occurred at Mt Etna last week. The tremor remained at a medium level.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

On 1 December, a new paroxysm occurred at the South East Crater complex of Mount Etna. This began in the late afternoon with an intensification of the stromoblian activity that had been ongoing for around 14 days. This soon turned into the emission of lava fountains up to 400 metres high. The eruption column was driven in a north-easterly direction and caused ash rain down as far as the coast in the Giardini/Naxos area. Lava flows poured through the southern breach of the cone to the west/south-west and through the eastern breach in the direction of Valle del Bove. The explosive activity ceased in the late evening, but lava was still produced for a few hours.

This INGV webcam photo shows the paroxysm at the South East Crater from south eastern direction:

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

During the past week, moderate Strombolian explosions occurred at times at the South East Crater complex. The tremor was subject to strong fluctuations and reached high levels several times.
This evening there was sustained Strombolian activity. The explosions were often strong enough to eject incandescent material onto the upper flanks of the cone. It is possible that this activity will escalate into a paroxysm.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

This INGV webcam photo shows the Strombolian activity at the South East Crater from eastern direction:

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

Following the paroxysm of the South East Crater, there was another one-day phase of Strombolian activity. Since then, there was only calm release of gas . The tremor has stabilised at a medium level.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

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A new paroxysm occurred at
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volcano 🌋 during the evening of 12 November
⬇️The thermal signature of the cooling lava flow 🟥 was still visible yesterday, 13 November, at 10:00 UTC in this
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🇪🇺🛰️ image

🐦🔗: nitter.cz/CopernicusEU/status/

[2023-11-14 07:00 UTC]

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

After a long build-up phase, the expected paroxysm occurred today at the South East Crater complex of Mount Etna. Lava fountains were released and a lava flow was emitted in a southerly direction. Ash rain fell on the villages on the east/south-east flank of the mountain.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

This webcam photo was taken during the peak of the paroxysmal episode by INGV. It was taken from the eastern flank and shows the strong glow within the cloud cap that unfortunately covered the summit area during the eruption. Above you can see the eruption column of gas and ash, which is being bent by the wind in an easterly direction:

🟠 Mount Etna Volcano🌋, Sicily, #Italy🇮🇹 29 October 2023 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ➡️ flic.kr/p/2peKbZb #scicomm #OpenData #RemoteSensing #Etna More of Etna ➡️ flic.kr/s/aHskTG22RE and other volcanoes ▶️ flic.kr/s/aHsmB6US6x Image is about 26 km wide @CopernicusEU @CopernicusECMWF

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

During last week, the mild strombolian activity at Etna's Southeast Crater complex continued. The tremor remained unchanged and the seismic activity was only slightly increased.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

They’ve moved on of the live webcams on the Reykjanes Peninsula to point south overlooking the area where there MIGHT be a volcanic eruption soon. 🗻

youtube.com/live/YAQzsB9ev9Q?s

#Reykjanes #Geology #Volcano

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

For several days, there has been ongoing strombolian activity at Etna's Southeast Crater complex. Meanwhile, Bocca Nuova emitted pulse-like hot gas and produced many gas rings.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

This webcam photo taken last night from the eastern flank of Mt. Etna shows one of the mild strombolian explosions in the Southeast Crater complex. The incandescent material is ejected several tens of metres higher than the crater rim:

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

Mild strombolian activity has resumed at Mt Etna. Since the early morning hours of 22 October, very sporadic and mild strombolian explosions have been occurring at Etna's Southeast Crater. The explosions take place in the area between the old and new cones of the Southeast Crater complex and usually also release some brownish ash.

This photo of the La Montagnola - webcam (I.N.G.V.) from the evening of 23.10.2023 shows a mild strombolian explosion inside the Southeast Crater:

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

During the last week, Mt Etna remained somewhat unsettled. The energetic emissions of hot gas in Bocca Nuova continued and a swarm quake occurred on the northern flank.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily

The mountain remained unsettled last week as well. There were individual ash releases from the southeast crater complex. The tremor increased somewhat and the seismograms showed occasional explosion signals.

You can find more information on my website vulkan-etna-update.de (German language).

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