arriving in Summit area, still winter |
the 2002 cinder cones |
below the new SE crater a small lavaflow |
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a stormy night with strombolian activity |
the new SE crater under a summit cloud |
clear skies above |
strombolian eruption penetrating summit storm cloud |
sometimes ejecta falling to its flanks |
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recently fallen lava chunks under wind shaped steam |
storm cloud above Valle de Bove the following day |
the following evening still strombolian activity |
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now small to medium ash eruptions from new SE for the coming days |
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with beginning of Dusk red is visible |
the activity stays with strombolian and ash eruptions |
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due to full moon the ash clouds are easily visible at night |
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strange symmetry |
high ash amount |
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ash cloud |
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again another morning dawn |
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blue hour |
fog from summit cloud to the left |
high frequency of small ash eruptions |
ash and steam plume |
slightly stronge ash eruption |
view from Montagnola crater down to Sapienza |
view from Montagnola crater to Summit crater complex |
tourist group walking below new SE crater giving scale |
another night with strong strombolian-it looked like the Paroxism will start with high tremor-but it didn't |
permanent open lava from one vent illuminates steam cloud |
strombolian activity under incoming bad weather |
illuminated summit cloud |
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lenticular shape tells about stormy conditions - a 24h rain- and snowfall arrived afterward |
late afternoon on 27.4. - clearing up gives first view int Val de Bove |
at the same time the Paroxysm starts with strong gas and lavafountaining |
different colors in afternoon sunlight |
still some fog below the new SE crater |
so the first views are hazy... |
dense series of ash eruptions with more continuous fountaining starts |
rising ash cloud |
fountaining in evening sunlight |
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ash mushroom |
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a lava flow moves down the E flank |
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activity still increases |
side blast |
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lava stream increases... |
and partial collapses... |
together wih a small fissure opening... |
generating local ash fountains... |
and starting a Pyroclastic Flow |
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PF running down to Val de Bove |
wide angle view of PF |
panoramic view |
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PF calms down... |
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but again a series of local ash explosions from the new SE craters foot... |
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...generates a new flow |
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perfect light composition at dusk time |
the still not very high lava fountain makes up with its outerworldy color palette |
surreal color shades above the lava flow |
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glowing 'mushrooms' |
Wall of Lava, standing in 1km distance |
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bursting magma bubble ejects ring of lava bombs |
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strong side blast in perfect light |
lava bombs hitting old SE crater |
long time exposure |
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another bursting bubble with incredible sound |
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a second lava flow is winding down the W side |
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stronger fountaining marks the climax of this Paroxysm, but again fog rolls in and hides view |
bursting bubble behind fog |
nearly silence on the morning of the following day |
walking down to Sapienza... |
...shows the many old cinder cones on Etnas flank |
Video compilation of Paroxysm |
