Mount Etna’s ‘Voragine’ crater erupted again on Tuesday (2) after a four-year silence. The spectacle featured vigorous explosions and incandescent fragments coming out of the top of the volcano.
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At around 3,000 metres above sea level, the volcano displayed unusual activity with a ‘cascade’ of lava with magma flowing into the new crater, called ‘Boca Nova’ (‘Bocca Nuova’ in Italian)
The volcanic activity of the two craters of the new peak gradually intensified, allowing it to grow very rapidly.
Etna and Stromboli are the most explosive volcanoes due to the composition of their magma, and can erupt more intensely due to small variations in the chemical composition of their magma.
Mount Etna, at 3,330 metres high and the highest active volcano in Europe, is believed to have the longest documented history of eruptions of any volcano, with records dating back to 425 BC.
Source: CNN Brasil
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