July 1999

South-East cone and Voragine

Effusive activity down South-East cone

Etna 1999
Start of the emission of a lava flow (on the left) (an other birth of a lavaflow in October 2004) ; some seconds later.


The lava flow is going down a lava mound (on the right).

Etna 1999
The lava flow a little later ; from very near...


This lavaflow at the foot of the South-East cone, seen from this cone ; back, Valle del Bove.

Voragine (Central crater)


Voragine : in  this crater, 2 big vents show a small and intermittent strombolian activity (seen from the Nort-East crater).

Etna : Etna's activity 1983 / 2011 : 1983 ; 1984 ; 1985 ; 1991-1993 ; 1994 ; 1996 ; May 1997 ; July 1997 ; 1998 ; 1999 ; 2000 ; 2/4 July 2001 (before paroxysm) ;
5 July 2001 (paroxysm) ; 28 July 2001 ; 31 July/3 August 2001 ; 2002 ; 2003 ; 2004 ; October 2004 ; 2006 ; 
28 October /2 November 2006 ; 2007 ; May 2008 ; July 2008 ; July 2011 ; August 2011 : 12 August (10th paroxysm) ; 20 August (11th paroxysm)
Centers of interest

South face
(Cones from 2002, Laghetto, Silvestri)

Caves of Etna
(Gelo, Lamponi, Cassone, Tre Livelli, Monte Nunziata)


North face

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