Mount Etna

One of the greatest natural attractions here in Sicily is the Mount Etna. It is the highest active volcano in Europe. Etna's beauty, frequent eruptions, and long record of eruptions make it one of the world's best-known volcanoes. With hundreds of papers published on nearly every aspect of Etna's geology it is probably one of the world's most studied volcanoes.
Here are some of my collections of photos of Mount Etna.

Winter 2005

Spring 2005

Near Randazzo, off the road connecting Linguaglossa and Zafferana,is the little Cappella del Sacro Cuore on the east side of Mount Etna.
The lava, during eruption of 1809, flowed slightly into,
but miraculously spared chapel from total destruction.

Last November 2006, After Michael came from work, he told me to hop into the VW Golf for joy ride and we will go somewhere for dinner. He said, Mount Etna is erupting and he wants to see it closer. So we drove up to Zafferana and took this picture.