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Mount Etna has been erupting spectacularly since February 16, 2021 (Credit: FishnewsYouTube screen capture)
Mount Etna, Europe s most active volcano, has been erupting regularly since 2011. However, the latest series of explosions, which began on February 16, 2021, has been particularly noteworthy. Emanating from the youngest of the volcano s four craters the Southeast Crater they have spewed spectacular fountains of lava as high as 0.9 miles (1.5 kilometers). To put it in perspective, that is about three times the height of One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States.
“The most recent novelty is that the last six eruptive paroxysms were among the most violent in the Southeast Crater s young history,” says Marco Neri, a volcanologist with Italy s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).
Etna, the most active volcano in all of Europe, has been in a state of eruption since 2011. The latest series began on Feb. 16. The volcano erupted that day, again on Feb. 18 and then again between Feb. 20 and 23. During these eruptions, fountains of lava shot high into the night sky, reaching 0.4 miles (0.7 kilometers) high earlier in the month and getting 0.9 miles (1.5 km) over the volcano s summit later in the month.
These most recent eruptions were among the most violent in the Southeast Crater s young history, Marco Neri, a volcanologist with Italy s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, said in a NASA statement.