Week 4 - Mt. Etna - Erick Martinez-Ortiz

 

 My family and I went on a short trip to Mountain Etna, Sicily, Italy. 

Flames and smoke billowing from a crater. AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra

Although due to the recent activity, it was hard to observe the past activity. Based on the current activity, the volcano's eruptions are explosive. 

Lava and smoke are belched out from a crater. AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra. 

The Magna sprays into the air as a cloud of very small hot particles called volcanic ash. This fine rock powder can remain in the atmosphere for days. These can be observed in the picture. 

Glowing lava is seen from the north-east side of the Mt Etna
volcano engulfed with ashes and smoke near Milo, Sicily. 
AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra.

The volcanic ash can remain in the air for months, even travel to other places, and/or affect the metrological conditions. At this time, the Mt. Etna volcano lava rolls down the mountain's eastern slope towards the uninhabited Bove Valley, which is five kilometers wide and eight kilometers long. 

Mt Etna glowing lava flows on the north-east side of the mountain.
Both Pictures by AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra. 

The volcanologists who work at the Etna Observatory stated that there is no telling how long this round of exciting activity will last. 

Source:https://apnews.com/article/mount-etna-volcano-eruption-explained-a24ce517eaba73dbac3fa30b9cf7e903/gallery/610db06db33b453084d35d381d72661f