Laghetto by night

17th July - 11th August 2001's eruption

On Etna between 31th July and 3rd August 2001

Monte Nero, 3rd July

From left to right : Bocca Nuova, South-East cone and lavaflows issued from Levantino.
(Some years later)

South-East cone, 1st August

Effusive activity back South-East cone.

Laghetto, 1st August

Effusive and explosive activity from Torre del Filosofo...

Phreatic activity ; cender's plumes make close Catane's airport.

2nd August

One year later, in 2002.

Levantino, 2nd August

Laghetto, 3rd August, early morning

End of July - First August 2001 : Silvestri superiore's lavaflows, near Sapienza

Lavaflow issued from Silvestri superiore, on 26 July. (One year later).

Lavaflows some meters from touristic complex, kept out by big works.
Only Esagonal restaurant will be destroyed (and rebuilt 2 years later).

Lavaflows issued from Laghetto and Silvestri superiore.

Lavaflows near Sapienza (white building back).

From Monte Silvestri superiore ; back, Nicolosi.

Etna's activity from 26 July to 3 August : Map and satellite's picture of the eruption ; Laghetto 28 July ; Laghetto 31 July/3 August

Internet sites about this memorable eruption :
* Boris Benhcke' very interesting new page about this eruption with an in-depth analysis of the events and related public reactions, mass media coverage, eruption products, morphological changes and a discussion of the recent paper in "Nature" about the changing behavior of Etna. Includes a map and press photos.
* Preliminary map of the lava flows
by the Catania section of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
* Thorsten Boeckel's web site
contains various pages with photos and video clips of the South-East Crater activity in the spring of 2001 and of the July-August 2001 eruption.
*Alain Melchior'site "Volcanoes in 3D", with the creation of news pages about last eruption of Etna (July 2001) (in French) :
The DEM-3d page is also available in English - Updating of other pages should be done soon !
http://users.skynet.be/alain/volcans/Etna_July2001/DEM_3d_en.htm
In French :
http://users.skynet.be/alain/volcans/Etna_July2001/Maps/Statistiques.htm
(numeric data about lavaflows) ;
http://users.skynet.be/alain/volcans/Etna_July2001/Animations/animations3D.htm
(3 D from topographic model) ; http://users.swing.be/sw296020/Volcans/Etna_July2001/Film/Photos_00.htm
(pictures fromn video film) ;
http://users.swing.be/sw296020/Volcans/Etna_July2001/Film/Video.htm
(video sequences ; copyright @ L.A.V.E. Belgium 2001).
* students of the University of Catania (Italy) with a movie : www.etna2000.com.

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)