Etna: Paroxysms of 23, 27 and 28 February 2013On this page we show photos of the other parosysms observed in the productive week spent on Etna with Axel and Tom. The focal length of the camera lenses are given with each photo (DSLR, 16x24mm sensor). All times are local (GMT + 1hr). | |||
 23 Feb, 2.18pm, f=10mm. View from Monte Zoccolaro: lava flows and lahars of 19 and 20 February. |  6.57pm, f=50mm. Marco had to deal all evening with this fox who was highly interested in camera equipment... |  23 Feb, 7.16pm, f=50mm. Strombolian activity at the onset of the fifth paroxysm of 2013. |  7.26pm, f=135mm. Lava fountaining starts, while lava flows descend from the New South-East Cone. |
 23 Feb, 8.23pm, f=135mm. End of the paroxysm observed from Monte Zoccolaro, 6km south-east of the active vent. The new lava flow has buried one emitted earlier by the Belvedere vent. Note the incandescent spot on the left, exactly below Belvedere. |  27 Feb, 1.17pm, f=11mm. Paroxysm of 27 February at Voragine Crater, with a billowing steam column rising above the old South-East Cone, observed from Torre del Filosofo. |  28 Feb, 12.39pm, f=20mm. Active lava flow of the paroxysm of 28 February, a few minutes before it covers the seismometers at Belvedere. Old (left) and New (center) South-East Cones in the background. |  1 Mar, 1.54pm, f=50mm. Snow-covered Etna with black stripes of the pyrolastic deposits from the paroxysms of 28 February towards East (at left) and of 23 February towards North (at center) seen from a scheduled flight from Catania to Rome on 1st March. |
| Photos Copyright Marco Fulle | |||