Mount Etna Eruption Captured on Video
Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe which is located in Sicily, Italy, has erupted for the first time this year.
Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, aside from being most active, which measures 3,329 meters or 10,922 feet high, though this varies with summit eruptions. The said volcano is 21 meters (69 ft) higher than it was in 1981.
Mount Etna is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km² (460 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide in Tenerife surpasses it in the whole of the European-North-African region.
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of activity. The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations
On Friday, Mount Etna spewed ash and plumes of bright orange lava up-to five kilometers in the air.
Despite the eruption, it was said that the volcano is posing no threat to locals living nearby and no flights have been disrupted so far.
Watch the video here:
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