
Intense Strombolian activity on the floor of the Bocca Nuova, the largest of the summit craters of Etna, started on the late evening of 11 July 2011. Two days later, a team of volcanologists of the INGV-Catania, including myself, enjoyed a wonderful show, the first significant activity in the Bocca Nuova since more than 10 years. The audio unfortunately suffers from the strong wind blowing during our visit, which also sandblasted our faces and caused intense pain in our eyes, and sometimes made small rock fragments land on our protective helmets. Some of the original eruption sound can be heard, especially in the first 10 seconds of the video. At about 00:45, I raised the camera to show the Northeast Crater to the north, and then panned to the horizon, still tinged with the afterglow from the sunset not long before, and my colleague Mauro is seen, as he asks "Boris stai facendo video?" (Boris, are you recording video?) More to follow soon !!!
Etna
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eruption
Bocca
Nuova
Strombolian
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