And she did it again! The Sheepy Dalek bar is open!

Etna showed another paroxysm yesterday. Number 6 in 2013. ScienzaObsoleta poinzed to a wonderfull video : INGV Report Schteve and me watched the LAVE cam during the following night where lava could be seen glowing and moving! Please check the photostream by Etnaboris a.k.a. Dr Boris Behncke on Flickr. His does not only have wonderful images…

Etna paroxysm of 2013-02-23

Etna has done it again. The 5th paroxysm of this sequence of paroxysms has produced the most spectacular fountaining of this sequence and one of the most spectacular views in a long time. Around 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) it was noticed the volcanic tremor was rising, and not much later the first strombolian activity…

2 Etna paroxysms

Etna has been providing a show again yesterday 19.2. and early this morning 20.2. Etna seems to love night time action and most of us Europeans missed it, so I am trying to provide a short summary of the paroxysms. When I woke up and checked the cams around 7 a.m. on the 19th. ,…

Distant earthquakes and volcanoes

The world is filled with people believing that large earthquakes cause volcanoes to erupt far far away. Lately we have had quite a few very large earthquakes that all where above 8 in magnitudes and two that was on the mega-colossal scale (Tohoku and Boxing-day earthquakes). Here is the list since 2000: 2001: June 23…