Mt. Etna by junge1
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
Mt. Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe. It is about 3326m high, but this changes with eruptions. In 1865 the volcano was 21.7m higher than today.
Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of eruption (Wikipedia).
The volcanos most famous and devastating eruption occurred 1n 1669. In 1971 an eruption
destroyed the observatory at the summit, and another in 1983 destroyed the old cable car and tourist centre.
Nine people died in an explosion at the south east crater in 1979, and another two died and 10 were injured in another explosion at the crater in 1987. It again erupted in 1992 (Lonely Planet, Italy, 1993).
The lava flow (visible on the left side of picture) from the eruption that occurred in 2001 reached the road visible in this view.
The pov elevation is about 2000m and dozens of craters like the ones in this pictures surround the peak.
This picture was taken on 7 July 2007.
Thank you for viewing and commenting.
Phoenix weather:
14 April
Temperature: at 17:00 97F (36.1C)
Dew Point: 8F (-13.3C)
Relative Humidity: 4%
Comments (26)
Cosine
Wow, this is really up close and personal, Sig. It's a great view with lots of intriguing detail. Thanks for sharing this vacation.
delaorden_ojeda
nice view, very interestin info, it looks like some place in Las Canarias, excelent image !
Janiss
Oh Sig, really fantastic to see this little people near this BIG mountains... fantastic shot my friend!
durleybeachbum
Amazing sense of the scale, I had no idea!
jeroni
fantastic shot my friend
SapUS59
excellent image !! i never heard of this volcano before thanks for sharing my friend.
Meisiekind
Wow Sig - you are one brave man. I would rather try and outrun an elephant than get so close to this famous (?) mountain! Excellent shot. xx
ledwolorz
Nice view and very interesting info.Wonderful photo.
timtripp
amazing photo.... how quickly plants reestablish, how close this devastating landscape is to large populations, and how truly insignificant people really are in the grand scheme of things. thanks for this one!
JeffG7BRJ
Fantastic view Sig, a place I dreamt of visiting when I was learning about it at school, and still I have not made it. Superb work. Bravo!!!!!
CavalierLady
Wonderful shot! Fascinating to see and what perspective the small people give to this amazing place!
virginiese
Oh ! I recall this volcano pretty well. It's an amazing landscape. I thought I was on the moon :-) Thanks for recalling me these memories Sig ! And You can't find more precise informations :-)
dhanco
Fantastic shot with superb scale in this. Not sure I'd want to visit, however. Beautiful place and thanks for sharing.
Fidelity2
Very well done. 5+.
moochagoo
Quite interestig and dangerous !
Aioros
Wonderful image. Great work my friend!
mickuk50
this is something i`ve always wanted to see .excellent capture sig my friend :o) mick
MrsLubner
Volcanos... one of my subjects of extreme interest. I find them fascinating and although there are so many natural disasters and wild occurances in this world, Volcanos seem to be the most powerful of them all. This photo has so many different components to it and that lava flow is really great! Fabulous capture.
jocko500
love to see volcanos. cool shot
KarmaSong
Fascinating volcano landscape, Sig! Mind you, this could be Iceland ! This is a splendid capture.
amlondono
A Fantastic capture , i just love them , Ana
mizoli
Beautiful image!
Richardphotos
exceptional vista and so interesting.your capture is perfect
lizzibell
Beautiful view...
artaddict2
Incredible view Sig, I once went on a family holiday to Fuertaventura small island belonging to the Cannary Islands and I was fascinated by a dormant Volcano in view so one day I took myself and my son who was 10 or 11 yrs old at the time to go see what it was like inside. I looked down and it was green when all around was like your picture. I have pictures of it somewhere, I'll have to dig them out and scan them. Thanks for a nice memory.
nikolais
fascinating capture, especially knowing how many grievances it has caused and how many more it can.