Skylights and lava falls in Valle del Bove: videoclips and photos
Jürg Alean and Marco Fulle again visited Etna's flank eruption just after the autumn full moon. Whereas on the first evening most lava
was confined to tunnels, one day later a magma uprise had pushed away the vent hornito. From then on the lava flows were much more open
and cascaded in spectacular falls best seen from the vertical dikes of Serra Giannicola. All times are local (GMT + 2hr). Movies have
only 12 frames per sec. to keep filesizes reasonably small.
1. Oct. 18h. The hornito at the 2620m vent is unchanged since 14. Sep. 1.5 MB
1. Oct. 18h. Inside the hornito the orange lava flow carries magma bubbles. 1.3 MB
1. Oct. 18h. Close to the skylight the flow sublimates white sulfate deposits. 0.4 MB
1. Oct. 18h. The surface of this skylight has just formed a thin brown skin. 2.1 MB
1. Oct. 18h. A close-up reveals tiny wavelets on the lava skin. 1.3 MB