Etna volcano (Italy): photos

Impressions from our recent tour to Vulcano, Stromboli, Etna (Oct 2016). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Stromboli to Etna Oct 2016 - tour photos (36 Images)
Unusually good weather and wind conditions allowed our group on the recent tour to Etna and Stromboli to make a complete loop around Etna's summit craters on 11 Oct 2014. If you are interested in a tour to Etna, have a look here. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano summit craters in Oct 2014 (23 Images)
Etna had one of her largest paroxysms in recent years during 10-11 November 2013 during which she produced intense lava fountains and rivers of lava. However, being a capricious Sicilian woman, she only let people see the very beginning and the end of it, and hid herself in a large snow storm during the main phase of the eruption. Tom and Ingrid faced strong the winds and cold from a viewpoint on Valle del Bove in order to observe the (still spectacular) strombolian activity at the New SE crater that preceded and followed the main phase of the eruption, as well as a surprise: some of the most beautiful smoke rings ever (see separate gallery). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna New SE crater paroxysm 10-11 Nov 2013: strombolian activity (16 Images)
Emanuela was, as usual, the first to arrive on the scene of the beginning New SE crater paroxysm during 16-18 June. She was later joined by Tom Pfeiffer with his group in the morning of 16 June. See also: Videos and panorama images. (Photo: Emanuela / VolcanoDiscovery Italia)
Etna volcano 15-17 June 2014 paroxysm at New SE crater (16 Images)
At the end of our recent tour to Stromboli, Vulcano and Etna, Etna decided to make us a special present: a new eruption from the New SE crater. It started very similar to a paroxysm, but did not reach the intensity to produce true lava fountains. Instead, the eruption continued for several days with intense strombolian activity and the effusion of lava flows traveling east into the Valle del Bove. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano: New SE crater eruption 15-16 June 2014 (20 Images)
Etna volcano 10-11 Nov 2013 - impressions (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano 10-11 Nov 2013 - impressions (24 Images)
The 16th paroxysm of Etna's New SE crater occurred during the night 16-17 Nov 2013. Its peak phase with strong pulsating lava fountains was between midnight and 5 am. After taking a plane that arrived in Catania at 23:00, Tom hurried up the mountain and was lucky to be able to assist the main phase of the eruption from close-up. For videos, click here. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna New SE crater paroxysm 16-17 Nov 2013 (32 Images)
Etna volcano lava fountains - paroxysm at New SE crater on 17 Nov 2013 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano lava fountains - paroxysm at New SE crater on 17 Nov 2013 (16 Images)
Etna volcano: the morning after the paroxysm on 16-17 Nov 2013 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano: the morning after the paroxysm on 16-17 Nov 2013 (16 Images)
Etna volcano: lava flows from New SE crater 8-9 Feb 2014 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano: lava flows from New SE crater 8-9 Feb 2014 (16 Images)
(more videos | more photos)After the violent paroxysm during 10-11 Nov 2013, the New SE crater continued to produce regular explosions, and, to our great surprise, we could observe during the afternoon of 11 Nov, that it often made fantastic vortex rings (steam rings or "smoke rings") that were blown eastward by strong Ponente. Most likely, the eruption had changed the morphology of the vent into a way (into a particularly well circularly shaped form?) that allowed it to produce this rare phenomenon. And being Etna, she exaggerates: not only one ring every now and then, but she made dozens if not hundreds during a few hours, often in a row. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano: smoke (steam) rings from New SE crater (16 Images)
Etna volcano steam rings Nov 2013 - additional photos (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano steam rings Nov 2013 - additional photos (16 Images)
Etna New SE crater paroxysm 28 Feb 2013 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna New SE crater paroxysm 28 Feb 2013 (28 Images)
During the Stromboli to Etna tour, Tom and his small group were lucky to be able to watch the 16th paroxysm of the New SE crater of Etna volcano from close range. Despite the bad weather, witnessing the eruption with its incredible sounds is an experience one never forgets. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano (Italy), SE crater paroxysm nr 16, 8 Oct 2011 (32 Images)
An excursion with a private guide for our group during the Stromboli to Etna tour in Oct 2011. A good example what to expect when the summit craters are closed, and there is no eruption (the eruption was on the next day...) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano trekking: photos from an excursion in Oct 2011 (24 Images)
Etna volcano - strombolian activity from Bocca Nuova in August 2012 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Etna volcano - strombolian activity from Bocca Nuova in August 2012 (16 Images)
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Several galleries with photos from Etna's activity in late 2006 - lava flows, spattering and strong strombolian activity from the SE crater.
Several galleries with photos from Etna's activity in late 2006 - lava flows, spattering and strong strombolian activity from the SE crater.


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