Striking new video captures moment when Mount Etna recently erupted

[Judi Lynn]

By Nicoletta Lanese - Staff Writer 8 hours ago



(Image: © Salvatore Allegra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

New video shows the moment when Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, spewed bubbling lava and hot ash into the Sicilian sky earlier this week.

On Sunday (Jan. 17), lava began "oozing" from the Etna's southeast crater and toward the east, according to Boris Behncke, a volcanologist at the INGV-Osservatorio Etneo in Catania, Sicily, Express reported. By Monday evening, the crater exploded in a "new paroxysmal eruptive episode," releasing bursts of lava, hot ash and gas, Behncke tweeted.

Link to tweet

One lava flow spilled over the east side of the crater, snaking toward the uninhabited Valle del Bove, a horseshoe-shape depression in the side of the volcano; a second lava flow was also detected on the northern side of the crater, Express reported. The molten lava glowed red against the dark rock, and it showered the volcano's summit with spectacular sparks.

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[magicarpet]

1. Well,.... that looks way more powerful than a Bic lighter.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Wow, great video! Wonderful details. I could almost feel the heat. n/t