4809 x 3185 px | 40,7 x 27 cm | 16 x 10,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
24 dicembre 2018
Ubicazione:
Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy
Altre informazioni:
After a lively Strombolian activity that affected the new South-East crater in the pre-Christmas period, the last significant eruptive activity that affected the highest active volcano in Europe began at around 9.30 am. An eruptive fissure opened at the eastern base of the South-East Crater and spread towards the western wall of the “Valle del Bove” reaching an altitude of 2400 metres above sea level. A second eruptive fissure also opened between the new South-East crater and the North-East crater, producing a weak Strombolian activity at the same time as the one due to the North-East Crater and the “Bocca Nuova”. The totality of the activity of the different eruptive craters has generated a cloud of ash, a plume visible from several kilometers away. So much volcanic ash has fallen on the Etnean towns, especially on the territory of Zafferana Etnea, and has also compromised the activity of the airport of Catania: no flight arriving or departing from the Etnean airport. A lava flow continued to flow into the Valle del Bove until the night between 26th and 27th December.
