Volcano Discovery Update Sat 23 Feb 19:47
Tall lava fountains are visible from the webcam images:
The 5th paroxysm of the New SE crater is occurring. Tall lava fountains are erupting from the fissure vent of the New SE crater. This time, the eruption is much bigger than the previous ones. Judging from webcam images, lava fountains might be reaching one km in height.
New SE crater paroxysm #5
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Lava fountains from Etna's New SE crater |
Another paroxysm is probably in the making. A lava flow is active from a fissure SE of the New SE crater's base, and the tremor signal has begun to rise.
The 5th paroxysm occurred 2 days after the preceding one and was exceptionally violent, with very tall lava fountains from the New SE crater. Turi Caggegi took the following video of the eruption during its peak phase:
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