Mt. Etna Eruption ~ Local Coverage (latest event: Feb. 19 0500 local time! )

Mt. Etna one of the worlds most active volcanoes is at it again!

Moments ago at approximately 18.30 local time, Mt. Etna - with a belch and a sigh began spewing thousands of metric tons (I can only imagine by the sight) of ash and sand (known as 'rena' in this cities dialect) to the North East.



[edit on 8-4-2010 by silo13]






Get to the web cams... I've never seen anything like it!




She's at it again...



Mod edit: Title changed from "Mt.Etna Eruption! Update ~ Local time 30.07.11 ~ Begins pg-30" to "Mt.Etna Erupts! Update ~ Local time 06.08.11 ~ Begins pg-40" at member's request. -- Majic









Mt. Etna - Erupting NOW! 02.08.12




ETNA THREAD HIGHLIGHTS

6-9-2010 Eruption Photos and Video

14-1-2011 Eruption Photos

27-2-2011 Photo Eruption

10-4-2011 Personal favorites

10-4-2011 Many Eruption Photos

12-5-2011 New ‘Night’ Photos

1 Etna Art Page

9-7-2011 Eruption

25-7-2011 Eruption Local Photo

Ongoing - Tzavros adds a fabulous black and white Photo

Ongoing - StealthyKat’s Photos

Ongoing Eruption Photos Tzavros links & data

6-8-2011 Eruption coverage, Photos and links

6-8-2011 Photo and an INCREDIBLE shots posted by berkeleygal and berenike

12-8-2011 Photo and coverage by berkeleygal

12-8-2011 Ongoing video/photo coverage

mugger posts a magnificent pair of photos

20-8-2011 Eruption packed with local photos, graphs, info and more

Tzavros dominates page 51 with stunning photos, graphs and info!

29-9-2011 Tzavros charts and Photos

8-10-2011 Tzavros Photos, graphs and updates!

24-10-2011 Eruption coverage and Photos

angelchemuel adds some wonderful links!

15-11-2011 Photos and more!

3-12-2011 Report on the last Eruption, Photos and [url=some humor thrown in (with link) by angelchemuel

5-1-2012 Begins with a Bang! Photos and Videos

Etna Art for the New Year

9-2-2012 Page 68 Begins some incredible NIGHT coverage Photos and info Thanks Tzavros, angelchemuel, Olivine

9-2-2012 Night and Day Photo Coverage - Great Captures!

18-3-2012 Photos - Graphs - Links New Eruption!

4-3-2012 Another Blast!

18-3-2012 The first ‘hint’ of Bocca Nuova (‘New Mouth’) Eruption

1-4-2012 Outrageous Lava shots - Night and Day

12-4-2012 Eruption Photo Mix and a dog too

Ongoing Eruption Info, video, graphs, etc

12-4-2012 BOCCA NUOVA! Photos, vids and more. This is exciting! The ‘birth’ of a new ‘mouth’!

Photo collage of ‘new’ vent

24-4-2012 NIGHT shots

24-4-2012 Night Eruption Photos, ash photos, videos

6-5-2012 A little ‘boom’ and lava

25-5-2012 Another little ‘spit’ and Photos/Coverage Tzavros

29-6-2012 Eruption Photos

21-7-2012 FINALLY media reports on what we already reported days ago! ‘Bocca Nuova’

7-10-2012 Ongoing Eruption

23-11-2012 Another little ‘Burp’ - Etna Christmas Photos and more

Begins 2013 coverage

Thank you again to everyone above - you really made the thread! I most definitely could not have done it without you all

Recently there's been great speculation over Etna's undersea sister volcano the Marsili and the possibility of her creating devastating tsunamis. Marsili, Europe's largest undersea volcano lays quiet (as far as we know) this evening, while her sister Etna puts on the show.

No earth tremors have been reported, but I can assure you, Etna, for the moment, is up to something. And it's mighty beautiful.

It's hard to say what the clouds are covering at the moment, they rolled into place like stage curtains just after she began her show, but, you can bet I'll be here front and center waiting for when the curtains fall back to reveal her in all her glory once again.

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All photos taken just as the blow started from my deck in S. Alfio, Sicily, a small town situated close to Etna.

Sorry about the poor quality/blur. Beyond my control.

peace

[edit on 8-4-2010 by silo13]

If I'm reading
your dates and times
correctly this is breaking news.
Gorgeous photos as well. Fast work.


David Grouchy

15 Min Streaming Satellite image here

www.sat24.com...

Going dark soon unfortunately.

reply to post by davidgrouchy

If I'm reading
your dates and times
correctly this is breaking news.
Gorgeous photos as well. Fast work.

It's all original work and yes it just happened but ATS moved my story out of Breaking News. Which in my opinion is a wee bit strange as it's almost impossible to get faster breaking news, with pictures, than this. Oh well.

This is probably the first place on the internet this story hit.

I'll still be keeping an eye on her for ya though.

peace



[edit on 8-4-2010 by silo13]

Interesting stuff. Keep us updated as it is not on the news yet. How far away are you right now?

Originally posted by silo13
It's all original work and yes it just happened but ATS moved my story out of Breaking News. Which in my opinion is complete BS.

Consider it a compliment
as ATS has not labeled you a MSM,
so called, reputable source of news and info.
Don't worry. Some media giant will follow your lead.


David Grouchy

reply to post by Portugoal

Interesting stuff. Keep us updated as it is not on the news yet. How far away are you right now?

Pictures are from my roof - I'm lucky she's in my backyard.

Will keep the updates coming.

peace

reply to post by silo13


Great info and kudos on your speed in getting the word out.
The pics are great too. If you live nearby, be safe.
I'll be checking in for updates.....

That looks amazing!

Second line.

Clearing up on the Cam

www.vulcanoetna.com...

Doesn't seem to be a Major eruption, but Etna is venting out some Ash this evening.

There are more volcanoes erupting today, simultaneously, than in the memory of man. Volcano World lists 540 known volcanoes, 183 of which have erupted within the last 10,000 years.

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A really impressive chart was recently posted by George Ure on his Urban Survival site. Using data on the date of most recent eruption, George shows us, visually, just how many of the 183 active volcanoes are active right now.

Active volcanoes seem to all be going off at the present time. Mount Etna, in Italy, has been erupting almost continuously since 2001, after last erupting in 1994. Cleveland, in the Aleutian Islands, has been erupting almost continuously since 1997, though historically only erupted once every dozen years or so. Piton de la Fournaise, on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, has been erupting since 1998 though historically has gaps of 10-20 years between eruptions. Baren Island, on the Andaman Islands of India, erupted in 2000, 2005, and 2008 though historically was quiescent for longer times between eruptions, for instance between 1852 and 1991. Llaima in central Chili has been erupting since 1997, though historically had gaps of 5 years on average between eruptions, which were brief.

HM

reply to post by ROBL240

Doesn't seem to be a Major eruption, but Etna is venting out some Ash this evening.

Yeah it's tough to say at the moment, but believe me, when you live in her backyard and all of a sudden you hear that classic 'Boom' and 'Whoosh' - it's definitely major, lol! And more than likely the prelude for things to come - if she's going to follow her game plan from the past!

Thanks

reply to post by silo13


while I know it must be beautiful, I hope the wind is blowing the ash away from you. I hear it can make quite a mess. We are complaining about pollen right now. It would pale in comparison. be safe.

reply to post by network dude

I hear it can make quite a mess.

That it is! A driving hazard (very slippery on the roads) and really does a great deal of damage to crops. Right now the broccoli and cauliflower are just past their peak but enough are left in the fields to really have this do some damage.

We'll see tomorrow!

Thanks
peace

awesome pics S N F for you . but in the future would you mind adding to my thread . volcano watch 2010


www.abovetopsecret.com...

reply to post by silo13

great work, I saw it fast thanks to you. It's still not up on google. you can go play golf there now at verdura golf and spa ha ha. maybe they'll do a deal?
Someone online here the other day did predict a med "quake" but this is close enough if you ask me.
Actually in hindsight, it was probably you.

Is there a connection this time with the sun? Yes? No?
I just think that its a coincidence that after flares etc its normally followed by an earthquake. Now surely The magnetic forces involved pulling at the earth then if there was a sudden large event will this then cause an eruption of some kind?

Originally posted by alysha.angel
awesome pics S N F for you . but in the future would you mind adding to my thread . volcano watch 2010
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Sorry but it's a new event and deserves it's own thread, otherwise it doesn't show up as a headline.

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reply to post by discolo

Someone online here the other day did predict a med "quake" but this is close enough if you ask me.
Actually in hindsight, it was probably you.

Naw, I don't do predictions, so, it wasn't me. I like to report on the real stuff or keep it to collaborative writing.

I can't wait to see if I can get some lava flow shots tonight but it's so cloudy at the moment I can't see much of anything but gray. Will keep trying though.

peace