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Lava flows from the Mt Etna volcano, near Catania in Sicily, southern Italy.
Mount Etna, Europeâs most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night. The latest eruption overnight petered out by around 0900 GMT Tuesday, according to Italyâs National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology.
For over a week, Etna has been belching lava, ash, and volcanic rocks on a regular basis. The nearby Catania Airport closed temporarily, and residents of the town of Pedara said it appeared one-day last week as if it were raining rocks as a thick blanket of ash covered the town.