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

JUST STARTING UP

I can hear her as I'm posting this - She's getting LOUD!!!

BACK LATER WITH MORE - got to get out there!

peace

From the time of my last post:

Ash is already covering the sun. It's dark out. Already getting hit with 'rain-ah' (phonetic Sicilian for 'ash').
This is really starting to shape up into quite a little eruption.

More pics coming - waiting in the camera to be re-sized and posted.

Oh - and this time? She's LOUD! No sneaking around about it this morning. People are on the streets and their balconies this time - hands over their eyes watching her!

Stunning!

BRB!

peace

She's getting VERY LOUD.



This shot from earlier - back to take more.

peace

Getting slammed with ash. She got pretty loud there for a bit and holding steady.



...more to come...

Lovely pic, only just managed to get on. Thermals look great but no data available at the moment, everything broken.

Directly overhead...



She's calming down with the noise, but not the ash...

peace

This started at dawn and is starting to go down now. It is Mother's day so she needed a little attention. Blow her a kiss from me.

reply to post by Tzavros

Early this morning she looked a bit like last night - just a little steam/ash mix - not much more here or there than last night - then, when she started off it was slow, left me thinking it might not turn into much, until... BOOM.

*Kisses blown for you*

Have a Happy Mother's Day

reply to post by silo13

Thank you, already had too many chocolates

Thanks a lot for the pictures, it really is beautiful.

Quite a lot of ground activity today.
Magnitude: 3.0
Location: Sicily, Italy

Time: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:34:59 GMT
GMT: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:34:59 GMT

Latitude: 37° 35' 24" N (37.5900°)
Longitude: 15° 52' 48" E (15.8800°)
Depth: 32.0 km

reply to post by Tzavros

Strange day. Orange skies (not sunrise) this morning that swiftly passed. There was a lot of cloud cover earlier. Still keeping my eyes open. Something's rocking. It's a waiting game now.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

THAT WAS A BIG ONE!
Going to RSOE but that was a quake to wake up the dogs!!!
WOW!

Off to check out ETNA!

(posted 23.03 Sunday night)

Good morning all
Last night there were occasional Strombolian explosions that were visible at nightfall. Ash emissions, started on the late morning of 30 March 2012 from the New Southeast Crater at Etna's summit. Incandescent bombs were thrown a few tens of meters high, and quite a few of these bombs landed outside the crater. Difficult to say at this time when she will go but will keep you informed. Pressure is rising slightly.

Little Strombolian phut

Strombolian explosion showing at the moment with incandescent bomb.