Mt. Etna wakes up
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Mt. Etna wakes up
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/w...-eruption.html
Looks spectacular. Any Fodorites there right now?
Looks spectacular. Any Fodorites there right now?
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#11
We went up onto the lower slopes in September but nowhere near the site of any recent eruptions. Our guide was showing us the devastation wrought by an eruption about 12 years ago when a hotel and other buildings were destroyed but he was at pains to explain that no-one was hurt as the lava moves so slowly. I think what happened here was that the lava met the snow and "poof" - it was the subsequent explosion which took the observers unawares.
but it does go to show how dangerous "mother nature" can be.
but it does go to show how dangerous "mother nature" can be.