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Towering over our heads
This is a mosaic of three photographs stitched together to reveal the true dimensions of the enormous column of ash and gas that rose into the Sicilian sky on the morning of 20 August 2011. The source of this huge column, the New Southeast Crater at the summit of Mount Etna, is partly hidden by weather cloud. The plume rose approximately 5-6 km high in rather short time, and was widely visible from numerous locations in eastern Sicily. We were at the Schiena dell'Asino, which is the south rim of the huge Valle del Bove on the eastern side of Etna (the 1000-m-high western slope of the Valle del Bove is visible in the lower portion of this image). While visibility was not excellent, the sound was loud and clear, and this represents one of the most impressive details of such a paroxysm. It was the first time that my love Catherine and I observed an event of this time together at relatively close range - we were about 5 km southeast of the erupting crater.
Towering over our heads
This is a mosaic of three photographs stitched together to reveal the true dimensions of the enormous column of ash and gas that rose into the Sicilian sky on the morning of 20 August 2011. The source of this huge column, the New Southeast Crater at the summit of Mount Etna, is partly hidden by weather cloud. The plume rose approximately 5-6 km high in rather short time, and was widely visible from numerous locations in eastern Sicily. We were at the Schiena dell'Asino, which is the south rim of the huge Valle del Bove on the eastern side of Etna (the 1000-m-high western slope of the Valle del Bove is visible in the lower portion of this image). While visibility was not excellent, the sound was loud and clear, and this represents one of the most impressive details of such a paroxysm. It was the first time that my love Catherine and I observed an event of this time together at relatively close range - we were about 5 km southeast of the erupting crater.