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2500 m a.s.l. Our path winds around Montagnola to the right, passing along the steep ash slope leading into the Valle del Bove on the left. (c)
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Walls of active craters are always very unstable. Debris has already deposited on the one-day old snow on the lower terrace inside the crater. (c)
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Descending on the upper slopes of Etna is a pleasure since the eruptions in 2001 and 2002 have covered the terrain with meters of lapilli. (c)
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2900 m a.s.l. On our hike back, we pass south of the southeast crater, looking at the recent lava flows from a vent at the lower east flank of the cone. (c)
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We have almost completed the tour around the summit craters. We're back on the rim of Bocca Nuova and now look into the eastern pit crater, characterized by recent collap...
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3320 m a.s.l. We have reached the rim of the Northeast crater - it was a short but steep path up there. It is the maximum elevation of our hike today, and are few meters ...
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Most of the gas escapes along fractures in the ground, arranged concentrically around the Voragine crater, where Rosario is pointing to. (c)
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3250 m a.s.l. We're there, after about 1 and a half hour of relaxed walking! In small groups, we approach the rim of the deep pit crater, to get a view inside. (c)
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The first half of the climb to Bocca Nuova is in the relatively flat area around the summit complex known as the Piano caldera (probably formed during a violend summit er...
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From Stromboli to Etna Get to know some of the most active and interesting volcanoes in the world: famous Mt. Etna on Sicily; Vulcano, in the Ancients'belief home to Vulcanus, God of Fire; Lipari with its spectacular obsidian and pumice deposits; and Stromboli, "Lighthouse of the Tyrrhenian Sea", known for its permanent fireworks!
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