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New paroxysm at Etna, 18 February 2011
On the early morning of 18 February 2011, 35 days after the latest paroxysm at the Southeast Crater on Etna, a new episode of vigorous eruptive activity started at the same crater.
Only that the 12-13 January 2011 event occurred during the most favorable weather conditions one could imagine. Today is the exact contrary - there is zero visibility. All that we know about this new episode is based on instrumental data, which is received in real-time in the control room (sala operativa) of the INGV Catania, shown in the photograph above at the height of this new paroxysm.
I have placed a number of notes to explain what can be seen on the individual computer screens in the image.
The paroxysm continued strongly until about 14:30 GMT (local time +1), then sharply decreased. There are (so far unconfirmed) reports of light ash falls in various sectors of the volcano. On the contrary, a lava flow surely travelled down the western flank of the Valle del Bove, and was captured in a spectacular photograph by Héloïse Picot (see link in the comments).
New paroxysm at Etna, 18 February 2011
On the early morning of 18 February 2011, 35 days after the latest paroxysm at the Southeast Crater on Etna, a new episode of vigorous eruptive activity started at the same crater.
Only that the 12-13 January 2011 event occurred during the most favorable weather conditions one could imagine. Today is the exact contrary - there is zero visibility. All that we know about this new episode is based on instrumental data, which is received in real-time in the control room (sala operativa) of the INGV Catania, shown in the photograph above at the height of this new paroxysm.
I have placed a number of notes to explain what can be seen on the individual computer screens in the image.
The paroxysm continued strongly until about 14:30 GMT (local time +1), then sharply decreased. There are (so far unconfirmed) reports of light ash falls in various sectors of the volcano. On the contrary, a lava flow surely travelled down the western flank of the Valle del Bove, and was captured in a spectacular photograph by Héloïse Picot (see link in the comments).