Significant ash emissions observed at Mount Etna, Italy Significant ash emissions are being observed at Italys Mount Etna today. At 07:13 UTC, Toulouse VAAC reported ash emissions that started at 06:25 UTC are below 4.5 km. The following timelapse video by Turi Caggegi shows todays ash emissions pushed by the strong winds to the southwest: Todays event comes just 5 days after Etna experienced brief but intense eruption on December 28, 2014, the strongest since December 2, 2013. The eruption was characterized by lava fountains and lava flows, but very bad weather prevented clear identification of the craters involved. On December 31, Osservatorio Etneo reported that observations made during the last few days have allowed to say the paroxysmal episode of December 28th occurred on a number of eruptive vents aligned along a fracture oriented northeast-southwest, which has cut the cone of the New Southeast Crater (NSEC) and the southern side of the old Southeast Crater. Lava poured from the two ends of this fracture to the southwest, towards the Milia-Galvarina, and northeast to the northern part of the Valle del Bove near Monte Simone, and reached lengths of about 4.5 and 3.3 km, respectively. https://youtube/watch?v=N8KywH2Ds4k#t=149
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:57:58 +0000
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