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Ashy twins - Etna, 5 July 2011
Today, Etna continued to produce its emissions of ash from the Bocca Nuova, one of its four summit craters. Some of these emissions were darker than those seen during the previous days - maybe because they contain more fresh magmatic material. Also today, small Strombolian explosions were seen at the New Southeast Crater (aka "pit crater"), and apparently they became more frequent after 04:00 h local time (= GMT+2). After nightfall today, I could see one small explosion directly from my home; they are still rather infrequent and not very strong, and if they are a precursor to a new paroxysm like those of 12 January, 18 February, 10 April, and 12 May, this next paroxysm is still a few days away.
This twin ash plume was emitted from the Bocca Nuova at 19:24 h local time on 5 July; I took the photo from my home in Trecastagni, on the southeast flank of Etna. For the moment, the Strombolian activity at the Southeast Crater is still to feeble to be captured by the relatively simple camera that I have. Chances are that I will produce more spectacular photos in the next few days, and certainly many others will also do so ...
Ashy twins - Etna, 5 July 2011
Today, Etna continued to produce its emissions of ash from the Bocca Nuova, one of its four summit craters. Some of these emissions were darker than those seen during the previous days - maybe because they contain more fresh magmatic material. Also today, small Strombolian explosions were seen at the New Southeast Crater (aka "pit crater"), and apparently they became more frequent after 04:00 h local time (= GMT+2). After nightfall today, I could see one small explosion directly from my home; they are still rather infrequent and not very strong, and if they are a precursor to a new paroxysm like those of 12 January, 18 February, 10 April, and 12 May, this next paroxysm is still a few days away.
This twin ash plume was emitted from the Bocca Nuova at 19:24 h local time on 5 July; I took the photo from my home in Trecastagni, on the southeast flank of Etna. For the moment, the Strombolian activity at the Southeast Crater is still to feeble to be captured by the relatively simple camera that I have. Chances are that I will produce more spectacular photos in the next few days, and certainly many others will also do so ...