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Mt Etna showing life.....a paroxysm response.

I can't post any of the pictures that I want to, but they're remarkable. 13 June 2008: Strong Activity at the Fissure in Valle del Bove Here's another site from Volcano Discovery on the May 2008 eruptions that's similar. From: Etna eruption May 2008 Here's a couple of context images. The first shows where the Valle del Bove is. The second is from space, and the Valle del Bove is the broad dark-brown area to the right (east) of the summit craters.

Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanos are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez (CHILE) The Etna volcano in Sicily rumbled back to life on Tuesday with a "seismic event" followed by a burst of ash, volcanologists said three days after minor eruptions shook the cone. A "seismic...

Halemaumau emissions plume, half-size (click for full size): Wheeler Geologic Area, Colorado -- love the hoodoos. Apparently this place is so hard to reach that there was an attempt to make it a national monument, but that attempt collapsed because of lack of interest and potential visitorship, so it's a geological area in a national forest. Wheeler Geologic Area Crystal Cave of Giants, Mexico: Giant Crystal Cave's Mystery Solved (this article has a link to a different cave discovery, a very nice limestone cave in Sequoia National Park). It's pretty amazing that places like these are still being discovered in...

1. I had not been paying attention to how active the Etna summit is again. "Etna Volcan Sicilien" covers it well (the link above to the November 2006 activity page has a 14-picture compilation). Two excerpts from it: 2. I accidentally discovered a picture of Haifoss, Iceland's 2nd highest waterfall. While the fall is nice, the view looking down the Thorjsa valley (headed by the waterfall) is amazing.

Very recent (and a bit blurry) shot of summit eruptive activity on Etna: Webcam link: (checked late Monday; Cam 3 showed incandescent gas for one frame (it's night); check early morning in USA to see where it's looking. Etna Webcams

Last in a series of Iceland waterfalls; Godafoss. There are a lot of pictures on the Web of this one, and this might not be the best; try searching if you like this one. The center keel is actually split, but the center cascade is obscured by spray in the image above. This one shows it clearly: The reason I chose the top one is that it reminded me of some depictions of the Falls of Rauros, in Tolkien's Middle Earth, like this one (which is the depiction from the movie):

Etna awakes with storm of fire and lava By Malcolm Moore, Rome Correspondent (Filed: 18/07/2006) Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, threw fire and rocks more than 800ft into the air yesterday. Spectacular: The explosions are coming from two holes near to the top of the volcano Etna, which is almost 11,000ft high, sits 18 miles from Catania on Sicily's east coast. Several villages lie on its lower slopes, but the Italian government said yesterday that the lava was flowing away from them, and that there was no immediate danger. The explosions are coming from two holes near...

Link post: link provided to the thread in the FR chat section, where interested readers can view the images and post any commentary: Geology Pictures of the Week, October 24-31, 2004: Ghostly Gas, Bone Dry, Black Dragon's Caldron

Incandescent gas release over a skylight, Etna's current eruption Photos de l'eruption 2004 (2) Valle de Luna, Atacama Desert (Chile) Photo Gallery, Atacama Desert, Chile Black Dragon's Caldron, Yellowstone (Sour Lake at top left): Mud Volcano Area

Link post, to alert interested Free Republic readers the chance to access the thread in the "Chat" section, where any commentary should be posted: Geology Picture of the Week, October 17-23, 2004: Etna Otherworldly, plus Epidote

First of all, one might think I'm Etna-obsessed. Not true; I posted some images of the Piton de la Fournaise effusive eruption before this. But the Etna pictures continue to be interesting, so why not? This one, primarily due to the cold lava spires in the background, looked like a science-fiction movie set (shrunk for display, click to see the full-size image): And now for something completely different; here's an article I happened to read in the doctor's office. I couldn't find the image accompanying the article, so I found a different image of an epidote crystal. The article was...

Link post, provided to allow interested FReepers access to the thread in the Chat section, where commentary should be posted: Geology Picture of the Week, October 10-14, 2004: Etna's slippery Slope (links to other eruptions)

Can't resist another Etna picture for this week: which is taken from the page below, which also has some new large-format QT movies: Skylights and lava falls in Valle del Bove Colima in Mexico got hot yesterday: the link below has some low-resolution Webcam animations: Observatorio Vulcanológico de la Universidad de Colima and finally, in an ancient volcano mode, this Earth Observatory image was an Ikonos view of Hanauma Bay on Oahu: Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

Link post: access the thread in the General/Chat section with the link below, and post any discussion and commentary there. This posting is provided as a service to any FR readers who might be interested. Geology Picture of the Week, October 3-9, 2004: Etna Eruption Caption Fun

Article link above shows many nice pictures, but site is slow, so I only chose the two below. My suggested caption is underneath it. Feel free to suggest your own for the sake of levity. I've reduced the size for display; click for the full-size pic. "If you take one step back and slide to the right just a little, dear, the picture will be perfect." "I'm glad Georgia O'Keefe didn't see this."

Link post; please access the images and links at the link below, and post comments and discussion on that thread, not this one (it's a Chat subject!) Geology Picture of the Week, September 26-October 2, 2004: Etna eruption (and live cam link)

One picture and several links. Note that on the Volcano LiveCams page, you can also see volcano cams around the world. Due to the report about Mt. St. Helens that happened over the weekend, I checked the St. Helens cam; and according to the picture on that page, it's supposed to be up on "Monday, September 28, 2004". Somebody did NOT realize that this was a leap year, apparently. So maybe it will be up by tomorrow in case St. Helens burps. Pic first, then links: Wild spattering from a collapsing Hornito (there are so many thoughts...) Lava flows in...

Link post: please go to the link below to see the pictures and links, and post any comment/discussion there: Geology Picture of the Week, September 5-11, 2004: Etna Lava, Fournaise Bonus

Our first feature is the image of the Etna eruption. As of September 10, the eruption is continuing with a new effusive site opening. The lava flows are near the summit and aren't threatening any structures or villages. Click the picture to see it full-size. For more, click the article link at top and choose "Septembre 2004" at left. Our second feature is at the link below; six QTVR panoramas of the just-ended Piton de la Fournaise eruption. Stunning! If you have the bandwidth to handle it, look at the big ones. The aerial view is mind-boggling (though grainy in...

Link post, to alert interested readers to this posting in the FR "chat" section. Any discussion should take place in the linked thread: Geology Pictures of the Week, March 14-20, 2004: Volcanoes from Space Trifecta

Catching up for my absence, the "Earth Observatory" had these three views of volcanoes taken from space. Click on each to go to the accompanying article page, which has high-resolution version links. Mt. Etna Mt. Fuji Colima (Mexico) And here's a no-image link to an article and image about a big Sahara sandstorm going out to sea: Sahara Dust Sweeps Past Canary Islands

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 March 31 Mt. Etna Lava Plumes Credit & Copyright: Marco Fulle (Stromboli online) Explanation: Mt. Etna has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. Located in Sicily, Italy, the volcano produces lava fountains over one kilometer high. Mt. Etna is not only one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, it is one of the largest, measuring over 50 kilometers at its base and rising nearly...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Magma rumbling up from below is increasing the pressure within Mount Etna, a process geologists say threatens more frequent and stronger eruptions in the future. Following Etna's eruption in 2001, earthquakes continued, with severe shaking and a new river of lava appearing last fall. This is in contrast to other eruptions of the mountain over recent decades, each of which was followed by a quiet period lasting from several months up to two years, a team of Italian scientists reports the online edition of the journal Science. ``Mount Etna volcano has grown progressively more active during the...

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 January 02 Mt. Etna Eruption Plume Credit: International Space Station Crew, NASA Explanation: Mt. Etna has been erupting for hundreds of thousands of years. In late October of last year, however, earthquakes triggered a particularly vigorous outburst from this well known volcano on the Italian island of Sicily. Local schools were closed and air-traffic re-routed as hot lava poured out and ash spewed out and settled as...

PDF Document: Report on the Etna Eruption and Torre del Filosofo hut If you can read Italian, this would be a lot more interesting. The reason for posting it is the pictures, which are impressive. Up until this eruption, the Torre del Filosofo mountain hut was a place that hikers to the Etna summit could use for rest and occasionally for shelter from summit eruption activity. Not any more; the new activity has buried it.

Link post: Geology Picture of the Week, November 10-16, 2002

Couldn't resist one of these spectacular Etna images.

Link post: Geology Picture of the Week Bonus: WOW - Etna Eruption from Space Station

Full article: Spectacular View of Etna from the International Space Station When you click the picture links in the article, click "View" on the page that is subsequently displayed.

Link Post Geology Picture of the Week, November 3-9, 2002

Etna's fresh activity keeps Sicily on tenterhooks ROME (AFP) Oct 29, 2002 A strong earth tremor rocked Sicily's lava-spewing Mount Etna on Tuesday, sowing panic in much of the island as it damaged dwellings and left more than 1,000 people homeless. The temblor, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, sent residents running from homes and offices as Europe's highest volcano provided a grim backdrop to the panic, spewing lava and ash for a third consecutive day. The strong tremor struck at 11:02 am (1002 GMT), as authorities insisted that residents had nothing to fear from the volcano itself, saying...

Tuesday, 29 October, 2002, 12:55 GMTQuake rattles erupting Etna Motorcycles are banned on Catania's ash-strewn streets An earthquake rattled Sicilian villages in the shadow of erupting Mount Etna on Tuesday morning. Reports said villagers ran into the streets in panic after the quake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale. The villages of Giarre, Santa Venerina and Zafferana Etnea were among those affected, and civil defence official Enrico Galeani said some people had been slightly injured. The earthquake was the latest in a series of tremors to hit the area, as two rivers of lava snaked down the mountainside, one heading...

Etna Eruption Quicktime MovieOK, I'm lazy. Click on the link to see a nice Quicktime movie of the Etna eruption that started two days ago. For still pictures, go to the link below. I don't like active linking to pictures from overseas sites because of the potential slowdown on FR page loading. Etna

Etna Eruption Quicktime MovieOK, I'm lazy. Click on the link to see a nice Quicktime movie of the Etna eruption that started two days ago. For still pictures, go to the link below. I don't like active linking to pictures from overseas sites because of the potential slowdown on FR page loading. Etna