Lava erupting from Etna volcano in Zaperana, Etnia, Sicily, Italy on the 24th, flows down the southern crater. Japerana Etnia = AFP Yonhap News
On the 23rd, red lava flows from the volcano Etna near Catania in Sicily in southern Italy. According to reports from the Etna Observation Center of Italy’s National Earthquake and Volcanic Research Institute (INGV), the eruption began Monday before midnight, causing lava to soar to several kilometers. Catania=AP Yonhap News
It was photographed and released by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, and red lava flows from the volcano Etna near Catania in Sicily, Italy on the 18th. Courtesy of the European Space Agency (ESA). EPA Yonhap News
Volcano Etna, one of the world’s major active volcanoes, resumed its activities by illuminating the night sky on the Italian island of Sicily, as if it were a’reverse current of rage’.
At the eruption on the 16th, the red lava that rose to about 700m from the 3,329m towering peak was clearly observed from space as seen in the satellite image released by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Boris Benke, a volcanologist at the Etna Observation Center of Italy’s National Earthquake Volcanic Research Institute (INGV), said that the 20-23 eruption was the’most powerful eruption’ and was surprised that’this kind of eruption has not been observed for decades.’
Although no human or property damage has occurred yet, the Catania airport near the eruption, which lasted for more than a week, was temporarily closed, and volcanic ash poured like rain and covered the town of Fedara.
Etna Volcano, the highest mountain in Italy among the Alps listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013, is a fertile soil around the volcano with vineyards and orchards, attracting many tourists through volcanic tours and volcanic trekking. 14mm each is sinking into the Mediterranean Sea, raising concerns that if part of the volcano is active in the water, it could cause a catastrophe like a tsunami.
In the past, the eruption of the volcano Etna killed about 15,000 people in 1169, and 300 years later, in 1992, when the Zapera area, where 7,000 people lived, was threatened, the flow of lava was diverted to escape danger.
In March 2017, when the lava soaring up to 200m fell with an explosion sound, the windows of the nearby bus were broken and 12 people, including scientists and tourists, were injured. Each year, it produces tens of millions of tons of lava and more than 7 million tons of carbon dioxide, water and sulfur dioxide, and the cycle of activity is getting shorter.
The moon rises over the volcano Etna erupting red lava in the early morning of the 23rd near Catania in Sicily in southern Italy. Catania=AP Yonhap News
It was seen in the village of Fornazo in Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily, and red lava flows from the Etna volcano on the 23rd. Fornazo = Reuters Yonhap News
As seen in the village of Fornazo in Italy, the hot lava erupting from the erupting volcano Etna on the 23rd illuminates the night sky. Fornazo = Reuters Yonhap News
As seen from Milo, near Catania, Italy, red lava is flowing down from Etna volcano on the night of the 21st. Milo = EPA Yonhap News
As seen from Giare, Italy, lava flows from Volcano Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano on the night of the 16th. Giare=Reuters Yonhap News
As seen in Catania in southern Italy, volcanic ash and lava are erupting from the Etna volcano on the 16th. Catania=AP Yonhap News
Summary = Park Joo-young [email protected]
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