Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The living mountain

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

Torre del Filosofo: at the base of the summit craters (2950 metres)

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Val Calanna, the first step towards a single large volcanic structure

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Malavoglia

Val Calanna, the first step towards a single large volcanic structure

The Jaci river

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The 2001 eruption of Etna, when the Mountain seemed to be alive

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The world’s first (almost successful) attempt to stop a lava flow: the eruption of 1991-93

Humankind and the volcano: how should we behave? Volcanic risk

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The “notches” of snow

Malavoglia

An ever-evolving volcano

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The Jaci river

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The senses tell Acireale

A fauna yet to be discovered

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The senses tell Val Calanna

Acireale and its “timpe”

Why is Etna one of the most studied volcanoes in the world?

The senses tell The Summit craters

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

Etna, the living mountain

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The senses tell The Red Mountains

Humankind and the volcano: how should we behave? Volcanic risk

The senses tell Val Calanna

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The 2001 eruption of Mount Etna, where the approach to volcanoes changed

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The senses tell The summit craters

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

An ever-evolving volcano

Torre del Filosofo: at the base of the summit craters (2950 metres)

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The senses tell Acireale

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The Etna viewpoint

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The “notches” of snow

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The Etna viewpoint

The first volcanic structures of Etna, between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali