About SOL

The primary goal of our project is to enrich and stimulate the teaching of Earth Sciences by presenting images, movies, data, virtual field trips and other educational material in relation to volcanoes.

Although there is some emphasis on Stromboli and Etna we also cover many other volcanic areas of the Earth. As much as possible we try to rely on our own, personal material collected by team members in the field. We would be particularly happy if we could share with you our excitement about volcanoes and their spectacular eruptions.

Our pages are primarily intended to be helpful to non-specialists. However, volcanologists are most welcome to drop in (and perhaps leave us a note). Stromboli online is part of a volcanological research project and a project in the teaching of Earth Sciences. It will develop as we learn ourselves and get feedback from you.

Who's who



Dr. Jürg Alean
taught Geography at Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland, Bülach until his retirement, and lives in Eglisau, Switzerland. Because of SPAM the e-mail address is given as


Dr. Roberto Carniel
is associate professor of applied geophysics at the Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura, Universitą degli Studi di Udine, Italy. Because of SPAM the e-mail address is given as




Dr. Marco Fulle
When not climbing an active volcano he is at the Osservatorio Astronomico in Trieste, Italy. fulle@stromboli.net



Prof. Valeria Perin
Valeria was one of the first fans of SOL, until she became a member of our team. She taught Natural Sciences at the Scuola Media «G. Pascoli» in Noale and contributed by translating between Italian and English. Moreover, she produced interesting hypertexts about her beloved Colli Euganei, near her home, and about Etna's myths in Italian. She visited Etna in 1999 with Marco and Roby and she will always be in our memories since she left us too early in June 2018.


Edi Schär
lives in Riedt, TG, Switzerland and has become our video editing expert. Because of SPAM the e-mail address is given as