Even in the absence of an eruption, there are signs of activity at the summit of Mount Etna.
Land Volcanoes
Mount Etna&rsquos;s 13th paroxysm of 2011 created lava flows and a volcanic plume.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Ash and gas presage a paroxysm (small eruption) at Italy’s Mount Etna
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
A thin ribbon of lava is all that remains on the summit of Mount Etna after a recent spurt of volcanic activity.
Volcanoes
On August 12, 2011, Etna had its tenth paroxysm of the year, spewing a thick white plume of gas and ash into the air.
Complex volcanic plumbing produced two distinct plumes above Europe’s most active volcano.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Rivers of black lava snake over the snow-covered slopes of Mount Etna.
Relatively quiet since its last paroxysm on April 24, 2012, Mount Etna still emits a lively, blue-tinted plume.
In December 2015, Europe’s largest and most active volcano rumbled with tremors, spewed ash, and spit lava into the Sicilian night.
Atmosphere Heat Land Volcanoes
Ash emissions and explosions at the Sicilian volcano marked the start of a new paroxysm.
In mid-January 2011, Europe’s largest and most active volcano, Mount Etna, rumbled with new energy and lit up the Sicilian night with a fountain of lava.
The volcano produced streams of lava in March 2017.
Heat Volcanoes Human Presence Remote Sensing
Continuing paroxysms on Mount Etna have covered its southeastern slopes in a layer of volcanic debris.