Around 10 am, strombolian explosions from the summit vent of the New SE crater are becoming more vio...
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Lava fountains start to rise from both the summit vent and (to the left) the vent located in the sad...
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Along with the now sustained, about 200 m tall lava fountains, a dense ash plume start to rise. (Pho...
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Zoom onto the New SE crater and the lava fountains. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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A large explosion on the eastern side of the summit produces a dense brown ash cloud. (Photo: Tom Pf...
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The eruption becomes progressively more violent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Zoom onto the lava fountain from the saddle vent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Sustained lava fountains are rising with a hissing noise, difficult to describe. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffe...
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Red lava fountain against the blue sky. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Bombardment of bombs onto the flank of the cone rise brown dust clouds. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Exploding magma bubble. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Powerful explosions from the vent east of the summit produce impressive shock waves and throw bombs ...
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The eruption still increases. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Axel videotaping the action. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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The lava fountain is now well over 300 m high and the ash plume rises several km. The lava flow from...
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400 m tall lava fountain. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Zoom onto the lava fountain. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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A large bomb impacts on snow. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Zooom onto the lava fountain from the saddle vent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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The eruption is at its peak, at around 11h00 local time. the lava fountain is now about 600-800m tal...
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Dense steam and ash plumes rise along with the lava fountain. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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The eruption plume drifting to the east. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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After having reached its peak, the eruption wanes quickly, but a dense brown ash plume still rises h...
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Observing the still advancing lava flow from the saddle vent, near Belvedere, where it will soon cov...
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The lava flow front. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Advancing aa lava flow on fresh snow. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Large (about 1.5 m accross) lava ball rolling from the lava flow front. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Walking back after an exciting experience on Etna... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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