Italy: Mount Etna’s Bocca Nuova Crater Erupts, Ash Plume Rises 1,500 Meters 2

Video captured dramatic, towering volcanic plumes on Wednesday, March 4, after a sudden, powerful explosion at the Bocca Nuova crater of Mount Etna in Sicily. The brief eruption lasted only a few minutes, sending an ash plume about 1,500 meters above the summit.

Italy: Mount Etna’s Bocca Nuova Crater Erupts, Ash Plume Rises 1,500 Meters

Video captured dramatic, towering volcanic plumes on Wednesday, March 4, after a sudden, powerful explosion at the Bocca Nuova crater of Mount Etna in Sicily. The brief eruption lasted only a few minutes, sending an ash plume about 1,500 meters above the summit.

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

This morning at dawn Etna looked like this from Catania, with the two smoking craters, the Bocca Nuova crater and the southeast, while the lava flows visible only from the southeast side, were marked and rather large, but almost completely extinguished. Unfortunately, the weather, which has not yet stabilized, has clouded the volcano again, making it invisible again. Catania, Italy, on May 23, 2023. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Angela Platania/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

This morning at dawn Etna looked like this from Catania, with the two smoking craters, the Bocca Nuova crater and the southeast, while the lava flows visible only from the southeast side, were marked and rather large, but almost completely extinguished. Unfortunately, the weather, which has not yet stabilized, has clouded the volcano again, making it invisible again. Catania, Italy, on May 23, 2023. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Angela Platania/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

This morning at dawn Etna looked like this from Catania, with the two smoking craters, the Bocca Nuova crater and the southeast, while the lava flows visible only from the southeast side, were marked and rather large, but almost completely extinguished. Unfortunately, the weather, which has not yet stabilized, has clouded the volcano again, making it invisible again. Catania, Italy, on May 23, 2023. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Angela Platania/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

Etna Volcano Spewing Smoke In New Eruption - Italy

This morning at dawn Etna looked like this from Catania, with the two smoking craters, the Bocca Nuova crater and the southeast, while the lava flows visible only from the southeast side, were marked and rather large, but almost completely extinguished. Unfortunately, the weather, which has not yet stabilized, has clouded the volcano again, making it invisible again. Catania, Italy, on May 23, 2023. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Angela Platania/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM