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Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily - 31.12.24

Since mid-November, there has been calm gas emission at the summit craters of Mt Etna, which is mainly concentrated on the Voragine and the New South East Crater.

Previously, the 7th paroxysm of 2024 had occurred at Voragine on 10 November. The summit crater produced lava fountains during very bad weather conditions and released a short lava flow. Ash fell on the villages on the eastern flank of Mt Etna. In July and August, the paroxysmal episodes of the Voragine produced lava fountains up to 1000 metres high and the ash rain led to the closure of Catania's international airport on several occasions. A new intracrater cone grew in the Voragine and the lava flows buried the crater of the Bocca Nuova and flowed down the south-western to western flank of the Central Crater cone. As a result of this violent activity, the Voragine grew in height and became the highest point of the mountain at 3404 metres.

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This INGV webcam photo from the morning of 26 December shows the New South East Crater in the centre of the image, which continues to emit gas. To the right above the South East Crater, you can see the Voragine, which continues to emit gas. To the right is the Northeast Crater, which is currently emitting a white vapour cloud:

Short Update - Mt Etna, Sicily - 08.07.24

During the first few days of July, the Strombolian activity in Etna's Voragine summit crater continued to intensify and the tremor reached a high level. On 4 July, the activity increased to the emission of lava fountains, which generated a high eruption column. Ash fell on the south-east flank of Etna and also reached the city Catania. Activity in the Voragine ended in the early hours of 5 July.
On 6 July, mild Strombolian activity began again in the Voragine. During the night of 7 July, this increased to the release of lava fountains. The eruption column was bent to the east and there was rain of ash from Zafferana to Giarre. At the same time, a lava flow was emitted from the summit crater Bocca Nuova, which flowed down the Central Crater cone in a westerly direction. The paroxysm ended in the morning, but there were further ash emissions until the evening.

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

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Some pictures I took in the morning on the south flank at 1900 m...

Here some Pictures I took on 03 - 04/07/24 on Stromboli, where eruptive activity was unusualy high and generated ash clouds, ash rain on the villages and pyroclastic flows in to the ocean.

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