This Italian volcano is usually active, with low-level gassy explosions. Not so today. Per the latest news report, at least one person is dead. Official
Tag: Italian volcanoes
Guest Video: Monitoring Mount Etna
This peculiar volcano has been erupting for at least 3,500 years, per the Global Volcanism Program, and activity has been nearly continuous since 2013. It’s
The Campania Plain, Part 5: Neapolitan Volcano Hazards
Campania has good reason to be proud of its volcanoes: Asleep, these beautiful but strange mountains draw tourists and also serve as ground water aquifers
The Campania Plain: Part 4, Campi Flegrei
Gah! How can anyone live there?!!? Well, from our perspective, Campi Flegrei (the “Burning Fields”) is actually quite pretty. Look for saddle-shaped Vesuvius in the
The Campania Plain: Part 2, Ischia Volcano
No, Italy’s beautiful Monte Epomeo, shown above, is not the volcano. This mountain is “just” a block of 50,0000-year-old greenish ignimbrite pushed up by volcanic
Sir William Hamilton – Lava Walker
Let’s be upfront about the most awesome thing (in modern eyes) this apparent fop ever did: He walked on lava. Look at his eyes.
